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floor
[flawr, flohr]
–noun
| 1. | that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks. |
| 2. | a continuous, supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building, having a number of rooms, apartments, or the like, and constituting one level or stage in the structure; story. |
| 3. | a level, supporting surface in any structure: the elevator floor. |
| 4. | one of two or more layers of material composing a floor: rough floor; finish floor. |
| 5. | a platform or prepared level area for a particular use: a threshing floor. |
| 6. | the bottom of any more or less hollow place: the floor of a tunnel. |
| 7. | a more or less flat extent of surface: the floor of the ocean. |
| 8. | the part of a legislative chamber, meeting room, etc., where the members sit, and from which they speak. |
| 9. | the right of one member to speak from such a place in preference to other members: The senator from Alaska has the floor. |
| 10. | the area of a floor, as in a factory or retail store, where items are actually made or sold, as opposed to offices, supply areas, etc.: There are only two salesclerks on the floor. |
| 11. | the main part of a stock or commodity exchange or the like, as distinguished from the galleries, platform, etc. |
| 12. | the bottom, base, or minimum charged, demanded, or paid: The government avoided establishing a price or wage floor. |
| 13. | Mining. an underlying stratum, as of ore, usually flat. |
| 14. | Nautical.
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–verb (used with object)
—Idioms| 15. | to cover or furnish with a floor. |
| 16. | to bring down to the floor or ground; knock down: He floored his opponent with one blow. |
| 17. | to overwhelm; defeat. |
| 18. | to confound or puzzle; nonplus: I was floored by the problem. |
| 19. | Also, floorboard. to push (a foot-operated accelerator pedal) all the way down to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power. |
| 20. | mop or wipe the floor with, Informal. to overwhelm completely; defeat: He expected to mop the floor with his opponents. |
| 21. | take the floor, to arise to address a meeting. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME flor, OE flōr; c. ON flōr, MLG vlōr, MHG vluor (G Flur)
bef. 900; ME flor, OE flōr; c. ON flōr, MLG vlōr, MHG vluor (G Flur)

Related forms:
floorless, adjective
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Floor
Floor\, n. [AS. fl?r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl?r floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. Plain smooth.]1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported. 2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2. 3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge. 4. A story of a building. See Story. 5. (Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak. [U.S.] Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house. 6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. 7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond. Floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth. Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position. Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor. Floor plan. (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.Floor
Floor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floored; p. pr. & vb. n. Flooring.]1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards. 2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent. Floored or crushed by him. --Coleridge. 3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.] I've floored my little-go work. --T. Hughes.
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Language Translation for : floor
Spanish:
suelo,
German:
der Fußboden,
Japanese:
床
floor (n.)
O.E. flor "floor," from P.Gmc. *floruz "floor" (cf. M.Du. vloer, O.N. flor "floor," M.H.G. vluor, Ger. Flur "field, meadow"), from PIE *plaros (cf. Welsh llawr "ground"), enlarged from *pele- "flat, to spread." The verbal sense of "puzzle, confound" is 1830, from notion of "knock down to the floor" (1642). The fig. sense in legislative assemblies is first recorded 1774.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Floor
The lowest acceptable limit as restricted by controlling parties.
Investopedia Commentary
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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Also spelled: Floors
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floor
- The area of an organized exchange where securities are traded. Customer orders are transferred to the floor, where they are executed by members of the exchange.
Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Main Entry: floor
Function: noun
1 a : a main level space (as in a stock exchange or legislative chamber) distinguished from a platform or gallery b : members of an assembly
2 : a lower limit floor on deductions for medical expenses>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: floor
Pronunciation: 'flO(&)r, 'flo(&)r
Function: noun
: the lower inside surface of a hollow anatomical structure
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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