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mezzanine
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As a noun, mezzanine means an intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building. As an adjective, it means characteristic of or relating to high-interest loans which have no collateral, and are regarded as intermediate in nature, ranking above equity but below secured loans.
Meanings of mezzanine
9 meaningsnoun
architectural elementAn intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.
“On our way to the top floor, we stopped at the mezzanine.”
architectural element(by extension) An apartment, room, etc., on such an intermediate floor.
architectural element(Canada, US) The lowest balcony in an auditorium, cinema, theatre, etc.; the dress circle.
architectural element(obsolete) Additional flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level.
architectural element(obsolete) In full mezzanine window: a small window at the height of a mezzanine floor (sense 1.1) or an attic, used to light these floors.
Older and rare meanings (1)
theaterobsoleteA floor under the stage, from which contrivances such as traps are worked.
adjective
bankingbusinessCharacteristic of or relating to high-interest loans which have no collateral, and are regarded as intermediate in nature, ranking above equity but below secured loans.
engineeringFulfilling an intermediate or secondary function.
“To make interconnections easier, we added a mezzanine PCB.”
verb
To fit (a building or other place) with a mezzanine floor.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).