floor plate

American  

[flawr playt] / ˈflɔr ˌpleɪt /

noun

plural

floor plates

1. a piece of metal which forms part of a floor, and which may contain slots for mounting machinery or fixtures.

2. the amount of space on a given floor of a building which can be rented out.

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Example Sentences

The woman's lower body fell through the faulty travelator, which had a missing floor plate, last Thursday.

From BBC

“A deep office floor plate is just as hard here as it is in Kansas,” said Robert Fuller, a principal and studio director with the architecture and design firm Gensler based in New York.

From Seattle Times

In the levels above, pieces of cantilevered floor plate jut into the space, creating cinematic balconies.

From Los Angeles Times

“The kitchen was located right smack in the middle of the floor plate,” says Emerson.

From Washington Post

Around the escalators, slabs of floor plate have been removed, creating an industrial atrium that succeeds in drawing light down to the basement, where an education space and a separate screening room, the 288-seat Ted Mann Theater, are located.

From Los Angeles Times