Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A line adopted as a base or foundation from which future operations are carried on, or on which they depend or rest.
- noun A line traced round a cannon behind the vent.
- noun In the game of lawn-tennis, the end line of the court; the line from which the player serves the ball.
- noun In base-ball, the line connecting one base with the next.
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Examples
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That's the base-line mistake when any relationship fails, and there's nothing "too perfect" about it.
Carolyn Hax: Explaining one's 'no-fault' divorce need not defy belief Carolyn Hax 2010
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The Physicians' Group Practice, or PGP, demonstration selected some of the nation's most respected group practices and promised them a share of the savings if they could reduce Medicare spending below a base-line rate.
Can Accountable-Care Organizations Improve Health Care While Reducing Costs? Anna Wilde Mathews 2012
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But TV executives are setting the bar higher than usual, increasing base-line expectations.
TV Chiefs Raise Volume as 'Upfronts' Approach Sam Schechner 2011
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Under the proposal, the eight largest U.S. banks would face a so-called capital surcharge of between 1% and 2.5% of their "risk-weighted assets," above a base-line level, as agreed to by international regulators in Basel, Switzerland.
Fed Details New Bank Rules Victoria McGrane 2011
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Samsung is releasing a WiFi-only version of its popular seven-inch "Galaxy Tab," rivalling the base-line iPad, and a smartphone-sized Android-based media player, competing against the iPod Touch.
IPad Looms Large as Tablets Hit the Market Yukari Iwatani Kane 2011
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As a base-line projection, the report assumes that the coordinated central bank effort to prevent a sovereign-debt crisis has put a stop to the panic, but failed "to completely eradicate market concerns."
World Bank Lowers Growth Forecast Prabha Natarajan 2012
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The base-line measures of the crisis have steadily worsened.
Each day, another way to define worst-case for oil spill 2010
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The base-line measures of the crisis have steadily worsened.
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Quite a close correlation but I wonder if with Gordon Brown at the helm the Labour party's ratings will start to drop even closer to the 20% base-line ...
Archive 2008-05-01 Not a sheep 2008
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The base-line measures of the crisis have steadily worsened.
Each day, another way to define worst-case for oil spill 2010
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