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bottom end

British  

noun

  1. (in vertical engines) another name for big end

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He added that private-credit investors had “taken away a lot of the bottom end of the risk curve.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

It also lifted the bottom end of its full-year outlook, projecting sales of $6.7 billion to $6.9 billion, up from $6.6 billion previously at the low end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

It means the total cost of the redress is likely to be at the bottom end of its estimate - about £8.2bn.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

“On the very bottom end of the segment, that’s where most of the the supply-chain constraints will probably be felt for us,” CFO Jason Child said on the earnings call.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026

The big hospital was on the bottom end of New Pretty Town.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

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