Bottom

  • 61bottom — [OE] Bottom is a word with cognates widely represented in other Indo European languages. It comes ultimately from the Indo European base *bhudh or *bhundh ‘base, foundation’, source of Latin fundus, from which English gets fund, fundamental,… …

    Word origins

  • 62bottom-up — adjective of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level bottom up parser a bottom up model of the reading process • Ant: ↑top down …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 63bottom-up — adjective Date: 1976 progressing upward from the lowest levels (as of a stratified organization or system) < bottom up management > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 64bottom-up — /bot euhm up /, adj. of, pertaining to, or originating with the common people, nonprofessionals, or the lower ranks of an organization: The five day workweek was a bottom up movement some business leaders and politicians finally supported. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 65Bottom Up —    An investment strategy that relies on stock picking, rather than trying to achieve a balanced weighting in various sectors. If a fund uses a bottom up approach, it will focus on the performance and management of individual companies rather&#8230; …

    Financial and business terms

  • 66bottom-up — adj. Bottom up is used with these nouns: ↑approach …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 67bottom —    the buttocks    Literally or physically, the soles of your feet:     God gave them bottoms to be smacked on. (Bradbury, 1976)    An American bottom woman is a pimp s favourite prostitute, which seems illogical until you consider why he should&#8230; …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 68bottom n — The spinal column is a long bunch of bones. The head sits on the top and you sit on the bottom. hippopotamus n …

    English expressions

  • 69bottom-up — adjective proceeding from the bottom or beginning of a hierarchy or process upwards …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 70bottom —   Eng. Minimo   Il termine bottom o minimo, in una sequenza consecutiva di dati sta ad indicare il punto minimo, come il valore minimo toccato da un indicatore di attività economica ( si parla in tal caso di minimo del ciclo economico ), o il&#8230; …

    Glossario di economia e finanza