mezzanine
mezzanine
Definition
mez·za·nine (mez′ə nēn′, mez′ə nēn′)
noun
- a low-ceilinged story between two main stories in a building, usually immediately above the ground floor and in the form of a balcony projecting only partly over the floor below it
- in some theaters, the first few rows of the balcony, separated from the others by an aisle
Etymology: Fr < It mezzanino < mezzano, middle < L medianus: see median
mezzanine
Synonyms
mezzanine Finance Definition
Debt
given to middle-market companies that is subordinated to other higher-ranking
debt. Typically mezzanine financing is used for buyouts, recapitalizations, or
acquisitions, and the amount of the debt often ranges from about $5 million to
$25 million. Mezzanine debt also may incorporate stock warrants. Mezzanine
financing may be used in the venture capital industry to describe a funding for
a company that is beyond the startup stage but is not yet ready for an initial
public offering.
mezzanine
Usage Examples
Preposition: with
- bed: Above this is a mezzanine with double sofa bed.
Converse of object
- have: The communal area also has a high level mezzanine open space with public artworks.
- use: Room 5 £ 100 discount for 3rd and 4th adult using mezzanine.
Adjective modifier
- open: A further open mezzanine may be booked by groups taking over the whole chalet, which has a double sofa bed ( 5 ).
- large: It has been designed as a bright lofty two-storey space with a large mezzanine.
- new: Central to the design scheme is a new mezzanine that now floats within the existing central atrium.
- senior: Subordinated debt Debt which ranks after other forms of debt. e.g. institutional loan stock is subordinated to senior, mezzanine and junior debt.
- low: The restaurant is divided into two floors: the lower mezzanine and the ground floor with the bar in the middle.
- upper: The Head Office building has access to all learning areas and a stair lift to the upper mezzanine.
Modifies a noun
- floor: Postal Services Post Office is below the mezzanine floor next to the toilets.
- flooring: The distribution center is situated on a 25-acre site and has three floors, two of those with mezzanine flooring.
- financing: Mezzanine financing is the money that a developer needs to get a large real estate project started that the bank will not lend.
- bedroom: Wooden steps lead up to the mezzanine bedroom with a double bed high in the rafters.
- finance: The case study outlines their experience of applying for mezzanine finance to start a new social enterprise.
- lounge: Upstairs: 1 twin bedroom with ensuite shower room; mezzanine lounge with sofa bed.
Noun used with modifier
- floor: The staff facility is on a first floor mezzanine, accessed off the corridor to the WCs.
- library: The library mezzanine floor was put in by our vendors; we'll have a cast iron spiral staircase joining the two.
- level: The communal area also has a high level mezzanine open space with public artworks.
- bed: Above the open plan living area there is a double bed mezzanine.
- word: When combining the word Mezzanine with Metamorphis, you get the title of the album, Mezzamorphis.
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