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  • ceiling — 1. Ceiling has been used by government departments and administrators since the 1930s to mean ‘an upper limit’ (as in a ceiling on prices), and is sometimes contrasted with floor, which is a lower limit. As with target, care needs to be taken not …   Modern English usage

  • ceiling — [sē′liŋ] n. [< CEIL] 1. the inside top part or covering of a room, opposite the floor 2. any overhanging expanse seen from below 3. an upper limit set on anything, as by official regulation [a ceiling on prices] 4. Aeron. a) a cover …   English World dictionary

  • ceiling — ► NOUN 1) the upper inside surface of a room. 2) an upper limit set on prices, wages, or expenditure. 3) the maximum altitude an aircraft can reach. ORIGIN from obsolete ceil line or plaster the roof of (a building) , perhaps from Latin celare… …   English terms dictionary

  • ceiling — n. upper limit 1) to place, set a ceiling (on prices) 2) to lower; raise a ceiling 3) to abolish, lift a ceiling (on prices) 4) a high; low ceiling 5) a price; rent ceiling top of a room 6) a high; low ceiling misc. 7) (slang) to hit the ceiling… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • ceiling — An upper limit for a variable. For example, an adjustable rate mortgage may have a ceiling of 10 percent. In this case, the rate can be adjusted however the loan terms provide without exceeding 10 percent. Also called a cap. American Banker… …   Financial and business terms

  • ceiling — noun 1 top surface inside a room ADJECTIVE ▪ high, low, tall (AmE) ▪ cathedral (= a high ceiling with open space up to the roof) (AmE), domed, sloped (AmE), sloping (BrE) …   Collocations dictionary

  • ceiling — [[t]si͟ːlɪŋ[/t]] ceilings 1) N COUNT A ceiling is the horizontal surface that forms the top part or roof inside a room. The rooms were spacious, with tall windows and high ceilings... The study was lined from floor to ceiling on every wall with… …   English dictionary

  • ceiling — noun Etymology: Middle English celing, from celen Date: 1535 1. a. the overhead inside lining of a room b. material used to ceil a wall or roof of a room 2. something thought of as an overhanging shelter or a lofty canopy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Ceiling — The maximum level permissible in a financial transaction. Ceiling refers to the highest price, the maximum interest rate, or the largest of some other factor involved in a transaction. For example, the interest rate ceiling on a credit card is… …   Investment dictionary

  • ceiling — Synonyms and related words: CAT, acme, aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, air pocket, airspace, all, altitude, altitude peak, apogee, atmospheric visibility, automatic control, blast off, border line, bottom price, bound, boundary, boundary… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • ceiling — noun a ceiling was to be set on prices Syn: upper limit, maximum, limitation …   Thesaurus of popular words

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