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baseline

[ beys-lahyn ]

noun

  1. Baseball. the area between bases base bases basis within which a base runner must keep when running from one base bases to another.
  2. Tennis. the line at each end of a tennis court, parallel to the net, that marks the in-bounds limit of play.
  3. (in perspective drawing) a horizontal line in the immediate foreground formed by the intersection of the ground plane and the picture plane.
  4. a basic standard or level; guideline:

    to establish a baseline for future studies.

  5. a specific value or values that can serve as a comparison or control.
  6. Typography. the imaginary line on which the bottoms of primary letters align.
  7. Surveying. triangulation1
  8. Electronics. a horizontal or vertical line formed on the face of a cathode-ray tube by the sweep of the scanning dot.
  9. Naval Architecture. a line on the body plan or sheer plan of a hull, representing a horizontal reference plane for vertical dimensions.


adjective

  1. basic or essential.

baseline

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noun

  1. surveying a measured line through a survey area from which triangulations are made
  2. an imaginary line, standard of value, etc, by which things are measured or compared
  3. a line at each end of a tennis court that marks the limit of play
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of baseline1

First recorded in 1740–50; base 1 + line 1
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The US mostly sources its coffee from Brazil and Colombia, which are subject to the baseline 10% tariffs.

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Canada and Mexico were excluded from both the baseline and “reciprocal†tariffs, which could ease the effect at the grocery store.

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Trump announced a baseline 10% tax on nearly all goods imported to the U.S. from every country in the world, undoing the decades-long era of mostly free global trade long supported by the United States.

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From Saturday, all goods imported to the US from anywhere in the world will face a 10% "baseline" tariff.

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Trump has announced a 10% "baseline" tariff on all imports to the US – this is what the UK will face.

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