26984 words

threshold

6 definitions • 9 examples
1
the floor of an entrance to a building or room
2
the level or point at which you start to experience something, or at which something starts to happen:

Examples:

I have a low/high boredom threshold (= I do/don't feel bored easily).
He earns £400 a month, well below the threshold for paying tax.
3
a point at which something starts:

Examples:

[ C ] a low threshold for pain
[ U ] We are on the threshold of a new era.
4
the part of a floor at the entrance to a building or room:

Examples:

It’s traditional for a man to carry his bride over the threshold.
5
the level or point at which you start to experience something, or at which something starts to happen or change:

Examples:

increase/lower/raise the threshold They will reduce inheritance tax by raising the £255,000 threshold.
exceed/reach a threshold Insurers can make claims when their own losses exceed certain thresholds.
income/insurance/salary thresholds Income thresholds for audit exemption are being raised.
6
at the start of a new and important time or development:

Examples:

The US economy was on the threshold of a boom.

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