basis

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Synonyms: basic, basin, oasis, bass, basil, basics, tasis, basim, bamis, basus, bases

Antonyms: basic, basin, oasis, bass, basil, basics, tasis, basim, bamis, basus, bases

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Noun

1. A physical [[base]] or [[foundation]].
2. A [[starting]] [[point]], [[base]] or [[foundation]] for an [[argument]] or [[hypothesis]].
3. An [[underlying]] [[condition]] or [[circumstance]].
4. A regular [[frequency]].
5. {{lb|en|agriculture|trading}} 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 exchange]].
6. {{lb|en|linear algebra}} In a [[vector space]], a [[linearly independent]] set of [[vector]]s spanning the whole vector space.
7. {{lb|en|accounting}} Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
8. {{lb|en|topology}} 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 element.

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