The palace is famous for its painted ceilings.
a fly on the ceiling
The bathroom has mirrors from ceiling to floor.
They've put a $50 ceiling on their admission charge.
The government has decided to lift price ceilings on bread and milk.
a ceiling on imports
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• Oil price ceilings remained in place for a decade.
• the strict spending ceilings imposed by last year's budget
• Wage ceilings needed to be introduced and the state pension scheme overhauled.
• The new government set a ceiling on prices for basic foodstuffs.
— see also glass ceiling* * *
Before the bidding started he had set himself a ceiling price beyond which he would not go.
a debt/spending/production ceiling »They agreed on a spending ceiling over the next five years of between 1.2% to 1.3%.
the ceiling on sth »The good news is that the ceiling on teachers' earnings has been removed.
the ceiling for sth »We will keep within the ceiling for public spending and do better if we can.
place/put a ceiling on sth »Ceilings are placed on interest rates by the government to provide firms with cheap capital.
set/impose a ceiling »The staff ceiling was originally set at 35 but has slowly risen to 50.
reach/exceed a ceiling »The $7.4 trillion national debt ceiling is likely to be reached in the next few days.
lower/raise a ceiling »The budget restrictions, signed into law in July, lowered the ceiling on how much districts' budgets can grow annually.
The market value of inventory is defined as the replacement cost, as long as it is less than the ceiling and more than the floor. — Рыночная стоимость товарно-материальных запасов определяется по стоимости их замещения, если она ниже максимальной учетной стоимости и выше минимальной учетной стоимости запасов.