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1. Ceiling
   Limits the funding increase a council can receive from the government every year. In 2002-3, it was set at 7% for councils that deliver education and social services, and at 10% for those that do not. The money saved through this mechanism helps pay for the funding floor.
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2. ceiling
   [n] - an upper limit on what is allowed 2. [n] - maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions) 3. [n] - (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds 4. [n] - the overhead upper surface of a room
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3. Ceiling
   The maximum allowable interest rate over the life of the loan of an adjustable rate mortgage
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4. Ceiling
   A recognised high point in market prices. This may be a point the market does not expect the price to exceed, the highest price achieved before the market declines or a level set by a customer as a maximum price to be paid.
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5. Ceiling
   The overhead upper surface.
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6. Ceiling
   Maximum concentration for short period (usually between 5 and 30 minutes, each gas is different) usually four such exposures are allowed per day and average exposures must still be within TWA.
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7. Ceiling
   The maximum height to which an aeroplane can climb. The Absolute Ceiling is the height at which the rate of climb is zero and at which the aeroplane has only one possible flying speed. Absolute ceiling is sometimes called the theoretical ceiling. The Service Ceiling is the height at which the rate o...
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8. ceiling
   The planking or lining fitted within a cargo hold,on the inboard surfaces of the side frames and on the tops of the floors or on the inner bottom plating. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • height above the Earth`s surface, at a given point, of the ...
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9. Ceiling
   Ceil'ing noun [ See Cell , transitive verb ] 1. (Architecture) (a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor. (b) The li...
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10. ceiling
    cap noun an upper limit on what is allowed; `they established a cap for prices`
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11. ceiling
    noun the overhead upper surface of a room; `he hated painting the ceiling`
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12. ceiling
    noun (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
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13. Ceiling
    • (v. t.) The inner planking of a vessel. • (v. t.) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ceil • (v. t.) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the ...
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14. ceiling
    the overhead surface or surfaces covering a room, and the underside of a floor or a roof. Ceilings are often used to hide floor and roof ... [6 related articles]
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15. Ceiling
    See price ceiling.
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16. Ceiling
    This is the integer round-up of a value, x: Ceiling(x) = min{z: z integer, z >= x}. Examples: Ceiling(5)=5, Ceiling(5.001)=6, Ceiling(–1.2)=–1. Also, see floor.
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17. Ceiling
    In architecture a ceiling is the inside lining of a room over-head. In the 16th century a 'seeling' was either a horizontal or a vertical partition between rooms, but since the mid-17th century the term has been applied to concealing the timbers of the room above or roof from the room. Ceilings are ...
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18. Ceiling
    A ceiling (pronounced ˈsiːlɪŋ) is an overhead interior surface that covers the upper limit of a room. It is generally not a structural element, but a finished surface concealing the underside of the floor or roof structure above. Ceilings are classified according to their appearance or construc...
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19. Ceiling
    [aircraft] With respect to aircraft, a ceiling is the maximum density altitude an aircraft can reach under a set of conditions. The word ceiling can also refer to the height of the lowest obscuring cloud layer above the ground. ==Service ceiling== The service ceiling attempts to capture the ...
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20. ceiling
    
    • the overhead upper surface of a room
    • (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
    • an upper limit on what is allowed
    • maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
    
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21. CEILING
    The lowest cloud layer that is reported as broken or overcast. If the sky is totally obscured, then it is the height of the vertical visibility. Related terms: measured ceiling and variable ceiling
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22. Ceiling
    Maximum concentration for short period (usually between 5 and 30 minutes, each gas is different) usually four such exposures are allowed per day and average exposures must still be within TWA.
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23. Ceiling
    the upper limit of ability that can be measured by a particular test.
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24. ceiling
    The largest value that something can take. The ceiling function of a number x is the smallest integer that is not smaller than x.
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25. Ceiling
    The exposure limit for a substance that should (or in the case of OSHA PEL's "shall") not be exceeded. If instantaneous monitoring is not feasible, then a 15-minute time weighted average is used.
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