mezzanine
pronunciation
How to pronounce mezzanine in British English:
UK [ˈmezəni:n]
How to pronounce mezzanine in American English:
US [ˈmezəniːn]
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- Noun:
- first or lowest balcony
- intermediate floor just above the ground floor
Word Origin
- mezzanine
- mezzanine: see medium
- mezzanine (n.)
- 1711, "a low story between two tall ones in a building," from French mezzanine (17c.), from Italian mezzanino, from mezzano "middle," from Latin medianus "of the middle," from medius (see medial (adj.)). Sense of "lowest balcony in a theater" first recorded 1927.
Example
- 1. Those are some of the surprising things we learned in our recent mezzanine round .
- 2. In 2007 he joined the investment team at bhc interim funding , a $ 200 million mezzanine debt fund .
- 3. A mezzanine above the factory floor offers the best view of spacex 's hawthorne facility .
- 4. Do you want orchestra or mezzanine ?
- 5. Legal experts said that inquiries into hudson mezzanine were likely to focus on whether goldman provided investors with adequate disclosure .