basis

Meaning

A physical base or foundation.
A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
An underlying condition or circumstance.
A regular frequency.
The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchange.
In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.

foundation

base

cost basis

rough draft

jumping-off point

base foundation

foundation-stone

basic structure

basic solution

datum line

foundation base

datum axis

bearing line

design basis

flower pot

ground line

jumping-off place

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis, derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (whence also come). Doublet of base.

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