HEADROOM Definition & Meaning

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headroom

or head room

[ hed-room, -room ]

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noun

Nautical. the clear space between two decks.
Also called headway.
1. clear vertical space, as between the head and sill of a doorway, the ceiling and floor of a room, or the ceiling of a vehicular passageway and a vehicle roof, as to allow passage or comfortable occupancy:
  over 7.5 feet of headroom in the attic;
  a covered bridge with limited headroom.
2. clear vertical space above one’s head, as in a vehicle or room:
  plenty of headroom for passengers.
Audio. dynamic headroom.

headroom

/ -ˌruːm; ˈhɛdˌrʊm /

noun

the height of a bridge, room, etc; clearance

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Origin of headroom¹

First recorded in 1850–55; head + room

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This would wipe out the headroom the chancellor has to meet her spending and borrowing rules, and could mean further tax rises or spending cuts.

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On Wednesday US President Donald Trump announced new global tariffs, which could hit the UK's economic growth and wipe out the headroom the chancellor has to meet her spending and borrowing rules.

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Whatever that price, the decline in Tesla’s share price means that Musk’s headroom has shrunk materially since mid-December.

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The OBR says that would more or less wipe out the headroom the government is predicted to have by 2029-30, reducing it "to almost zero".

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The average headroom over that time is three times bigger at £30bn.

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