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   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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   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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   Ceiling
   The maximum allowable interest rate over the life of the loan of an adjustable rate mortgage
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   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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   Ceiling
   The overhead upper surface.
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   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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   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 of climb of any aeroplane has dropped to 100ft. per...
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   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 base of the lowest cloud whose cloud amount exceeds a given value. Category: The cosmos &bull...
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   Ceiling
   Definition (keystage 2) The largest value that something can be is sometimes called its ceiling.
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    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 lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done. 2. (Nautical) The inner pl ...
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    ceiling
    cap noun an upper limit on what is allowed; `they established a cap for prices`
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    ceiling
    noun the overhead upper surface of a room; `he hated painting the ceiling`
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    ceiling
    noun (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
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    Ceiling
    A `ceiling` is an overhead interior surface that bounds the upper limit of a room. Generally not a structural element, but a finished surface concealing the underside of the floor or roof structure above. A cathedral ceiling is any tall ceiling area similar to those in a church. A dropped ceiling is one in which the finished surface is constructed anywhere from a few inches to several feet below the structure above it. This may be done for aes...
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    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 upper surface opposite to the floor.Ceiling: words...
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    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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    Ceiling
    See price ceiling.
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    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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    ceiling
    
    1. the overhead upper surface of a room
    2. (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
    3. an upper limit on what is allowed
    4. maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
    
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    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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    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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    Ceiling
    the upper limit of ability that can be measured by a particular test.
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    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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