Meaning of floor in English

the Senate/House/Security Council floor In his remarks on the Security Council floor today, the Commissioner called on all parties to act responsibly.

floor debate/vote During floor debate, conservatives argued that the bill violated First Amendment rights.

STOCK MARKET

the part of a stock exchange where shares are traded:

Traders erupted into boisterous cheers on the floor today as the market soared.

drop/fall/go through the floor

to decrease in price or value, usually in a short period of time:

Sales and profits are falling through the floor, with no prospect of a recovery in sight.

have/take the floor

MEETINGS

to have the right to speak or to start to speak in a meeting:

Excuse me, I have the floor and have the right to be listened to.

get in on the ground floor UK informal ( US also get in on the first floor)

to become involved from the beginning in a business activity that you think will be successful:

This is our chance to get in on the first floor of an industry that's going to be big.

See also

dealing floor
factory floor
the shop floor
trading floor

(Definition of floor from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of floor

floor

There were three crumpled pictures on the floor.

From Chicago Tribune

If it wasn't scoring-wise, it was being a leader on the floor.

From Chicago Tribune

For 30 years, researchers have tinkered with gait-recognition technology using high-resolution videos and specialized floors that sense pressure.

From CNN

The following three nights, the family slept on the living room floor of her mother-in-law.

From New York Daily News

For most of that time her son was placed in front of her on the floor.

From CBS Local

I had seen this kind of grieving on the dance floor before.

From Slate Magazine

So what's so special about a photo of a girl on a tile floor?

From NPR

Prices won't find a floor until 2012, he said.

From Bloomberg

Second-story passengers sit right above those on the floor below.

From Huffington Post

Most of the pieces were on the floor.

From NOLA.com

Pools of blood on the floor went unmopped.

From Huffington Post

Some of the tenants who have lived in the buildings for decades have managed to hang on to original parquet floors.

From Huffington Post

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Collocations with floor

floor

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bottom floor

There ought to be some provision to give them an opportunity of increasing the height and doing away with the bottom floor.

From the

Hansard archive

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canyon floor

The continuous line and open squares represents the site at the canyon floor.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

carpeted floor

The building received a major renovation in 1991 to add carpeted floors, electrical outlets, and central air, as well as the removal of the original leaded glass windows.

From

Wikipedia

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