basis
/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/
A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis; A physical base or foundation; An underlying condition or circumstance
- plural
- bases
Meanings
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A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis
Water is the basis of life.
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We talk on the phone on a regular basis.
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A physical base or foundation
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An underlying condition or circumstance
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A regular frequencyrare
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The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchangerare
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In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector spacerare
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Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expensesrare
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A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that elementrare