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length A vernacular measure of height, using the floor-to-floor distance of familiar buildings. Ten feet or 3 metres would be fair equivalents, though the figures for scientific laboratory buildings and for lower floors of hotels are usually distinctly greater.

Minimum rate that a bank can impose on a floating rate or variable rate loan. A floor rate is often negotiated together with a rate ceiling, called an Interest Rate Cap; the two financial guarantees are collectively referred to as an interest rate Collar. The floor protects the lender from a sharp drop-off in rates; the cap assures the borrower that financing costs will not rise excessively.

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1. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell¹, flatten, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw. Slang deck¹. Idioms: lay low. See rise/fall.
2. To overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewilderment: boggle, bowl over, dumbfound, flabbergast, stagger. See excite/bore/interest, surprise/expect.

Definition: bottom of a room; bottom
Antonyms: ceiling, top

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Definition: perplex, confound
Antonyms: clarify, clear up, explain

1. In a room, the surface on which one walks.
2. A division between one story and another; one story of a building. Also see blind floor, counter-floor, earth floor, finish floor, ground floor, lowest floor, threshold floor, underfloor, upper floor.

The lowest acceptable limit as restricted by controlling parties.

Investopedia Says:
A floor, or bottom, is the minimum allowable limit. An example of a floor occurs in underwriting. The issuing corporation will declare a minimum acceptable amount at which the investment bank can purchase the securities. This way the corporation ensures sufficient capital acquisition.

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Ground surface within a building.

• f. feeding — used in large-scale pig-raising enterprises where many pigs must be fed during a short period. Requires that pigs be trained to defecate only in their dunging area and not recommended before pigs are 100 days of age. Probably increases the chances of disease spread through fecal/oral cycling of pathogens, even in minimal disease herds.
• f. licking — sometimes the preliminary behavior in partial seizures.
• f. quality — physical qualities which make a floor good for animals include non-slipperiness, warmth, freedom from abrasiveness with resulting injuries to hooves and the skin of the lower limbs, ease of cleaning and disinfection.
• f. space — the amount of floor space that each animal needs. An important characteristic in the design of animal accommodation because of the need to economize on building costs and mechanical services maintenance.
• f. sweepings — in feed mills and feed mixing and processing plants this is the floor residue. Collected periodically. Most likely to be contaminated with rodent droppings, weed seeds, rodent control agents and such like.

• Parts of Rooms - floor: underfoot inside base of room adjoining wall bottoms
• Governmental Bodies and Institutions - floor: working area occupied by members of U.S. House or Senate
• Securities - floor: area of stock exchange occupied by brokers and traders

Dansk (Danish)
n. - gulv, bund, etage
v. tr. - lægge gulv i, slå i gulvet, køre med speederen i bund

idioms:

• be given the floor    få ordet
• floor cloth    gulvklud
• floor manager    afdelingschef
• floor mat    gulvmåtte
• floor show    floor show
• take the floor    tage ordet
• take to the floor    gå ud på gulvet

Nederlands (Dutch)
vloer, minimum, (mensen op een) verdieping, etage, vloeren, bevloeren, verbijsteren, het gas indrukken, vooruitschieten kelderen

Français (French)
n. - parquet, sol, plancher, piste de danse, fond (d'une vallée), parquet (de la Bourse), auditoire, atelier, vote ouvert, étage, (Fin) plancher (des prix)
v. tr. - faire le sol de, mettre un plancher, terrasser, (fig) réduire qn au silence, décontenancer, (US) appuyer à fond sur

idioms:

• be given the floor    invité à prendre la parole
• floor cloth    serpillière
• floor manager    (TV) régisseur de plateau, (Comm) gérant de société
• floor mat    paillasson
• floor show    spectacle (de cabaret)
• from the floor    (être élu) à vote ouvert, de l'auditoire, de l'assemblée
• take the floor    prendre la parole, se lancer sur la piste de danse
• take to the floor    amener en scène

Deutsch (German)
n. - Boden, Fußboden, Stockwerk, Sitzungssaal, Minimum
v. - zu Boden schlagen, erstaunen, besiegen, mit einem Boden versehen

idioms:

• be given the floor    das Wort haben
• floor cloth    Aufwischtuch
• floor manager    Abteilungsleiter
• floor mat    Matte
• floor show    Showprogramm
• from the floor    seitens der Anwesenden, (Pol.) seitens des Plenums
• take the floor    sich aufs Parkett begeben, das Wort ergreifen
• take to the floor    tanzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δάπεδο, πάτωμα, όροφος, πυθμένας, πίστα (χορού κ.λπ.), (καθομ.) χώρος συναλλαγών χρηματιστηρίου (του Λονδίνου)
v. - διαμορφώνω ή στρώνω δάπεδο, βάζω πάτωμα, ρίχνω κάτω, σωριάζω (καταγής), φέρνω κάποιον καπάκι, αποστομώνω (κν. ρουμπώνω)

idioms:

• be given the floor    μου δίνεται ο λόγος
• fall through the floor    (καθομ.) αιφνιδιάζομαι, καταπλήσσομαι
• floor cloth    σφουγγαρόπανο, πατσαβούρα
• floor manager    διευθυντής σκηνής τηλεοπτικής παραγωγής
• floor mat    χαλάκι
• floor show    πρόγραμμα (πίστας) σε νυκτερινό κέντρο
• take the floor    παίρνω τον λόγο
• take to the floor    αρχίζω να χορεύω

Italiano (Italian)
stendere, abbattere, pavimentare, pavimento, piano

idioms:

• be given the floor    ricevere la parola
• floor cloth    straccio da pavimento
• floor manager    direttore (di supermercato)
• floor show    spettacolo di varietà
• take the floor    prendere la parola, scendere in pista
• take to the floor    mettersi a ballare
• through the floor    ribassi inauditi
• wipe the floor with    sbaragliare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - piso (m), pista (f) (de dança), fundo (m) (do oceano)
v. - pavimentar

idioms:

• be given the floor    receber a palavra
• floor cloth    pano (m) de chão
• floor manager    gerente de andar
• floor show    espetáculo (m) de boate
• take the floor    começar a dançar, tomar a palavra
• take to the floor    tomar a palavra
• through the floor    pelo chão
• wipe the floor with    derrotar (alguém)

Русский (Russian)
пол, дно, производственная площадь, минимальный

idioms:

• be given the floor    предоставить слово
• floor cloth    половая тряпка
• floor manager    заведующий отделом магазина
• floor show    представление в кабаре/ресторане
• take the floor    предоставить слово, брать слово
• take to the floor    пойти танцевать
• through the floor    провалиться
• wipe the floor with    сбить с ног, одолеть, поставить в тупик

Español (Spanish)
n. - suelo, piso, planta
v. tr. - pavimentar, solar, echar al suelo, apabullar

idioms:

• be given the floor    recibir el uso de la palabra
• floor cloth    trapo de piso, bayeta, trapero
• floor manager    director de escena, regidor, jefe de planta/piso (de una tienda)
• floor mat    estera, felpudo
• floor show    espectáculo de cabaret
• from the floor    desde el piso
• take the floor    comenzar a bailar, tomar la palabra
• take to the floor    comenzar a bailar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - golv, slät mark, våning, minimigräns
v. - golvbelägga, bilda golv i, kasta omkull

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
地板, 底部, 楼层, 铺地板, 打倒

idioms:

• be given the floor    允许发言, 取得发言权
• floor cloth    铺地板布
• floor manager    楼面主管, 巡视员, 舞台监督, 竞选干事
• floor mat    铺地席子
• floor show    夜总会节目表演
• take the floor    发言, 起立发言, 起步跳舞
• take to the floor    在辩论中发言, 起立发言, 起步跳舞

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 地板, 底部, 樓層
v. tr. - 鋪地板, 打倒

idioms:

• be given the floor    允許發言, 取得發言權
• floor cloth    鋪地板布
• floor manager    樓面主管, 巡視員, 舞臺監督, 競選幹事
• floor mat    鋪地席子
• floor show    夜總會節目表演
• take the floor    發言, 起立發言, 起步跳舞
• take to the floor    在辯論中發言, 起立發言, 起步跳舞

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 마루, (건물의) 층, 평평한 바닥, 의원석
v. tr. - ~에 마루를 놓다, ~을 쓰러뜨리다

idioms:

• be given the floor    ~을 하는 것을 허락하다
• take the floor    발언하다, 토론하다
• take to the floor    기립하다, 토론에 참가하다, 일어서다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 床, 階, 最低限度, 議員席, 底
v. - 床を張る, 敷きつめる, 床に打ち倒す, やり込める

idioms:

• floor cloth    床ぞうきん
• floor manager    議場指揮者, フロアマネージャー
• floor mat    フロアマット
• floor show    フロアショー
• take the floor    ダンスに加わる, 討論に加わる
• take to the floor    議員席へ赴く
• through the floor    低下して

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طابق , أرض الحجرة , قاع (فعل) يبلط , يطرح أرضا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רצפה, קומה, משטח, אולם, קרקע, גבול תחתון‬
v. tr. - ‮הפיל, ריצף, הביס, הביך‬

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