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mez·za·nine

(mĕz′ə-nēn′, mĕz′ə-nēn′)

1. A partial story between two main stories of a building.

2. The lowest balcony in a theater or the first few rows of that balcony.

adj.

Of or relating to securities granting a claim on interest or assets that is subordinate to that of secured and senior debt but above that of equity.

[French, from Italian mezzanino, diminutive of mezzano, middle, from Latin mediānus, in the middle; see median.]

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mezzanine

(ˈmɛzəˌniːn; ˈmɛtsəˌniːn)

1. (Architecture) Also called: mezzanine floor or entresol an intermediate storey, esp a low one between the ground and first floor of a building

2. (Theatre) theatre US and Canadian the first balcony

3. (Theatre) theatre Brit a room or floor beneath the stage

adj

(Banking & Finance) of or relating to an intermediate stage in a financial process: mezzanine funding. Often shortened to: mezz

[C18: from French, from Italian, diminutive of mezzano middle, from Latin mediānus median]

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mez•za•nine

(ˈmɛz əˌnin, ˌmɛz əˈnin)

n.

1. the lowest balcony or forward part of such a balcony in a theater.

2. a low-ceilinged story between two other stories of greater height in a building, usu. built immediately above the ground floor, esp. when the low story and the one beneath it form part of one composition.

[1705–15; < French < Italian mezzanino=mezzan(o) middle (< Latin mediānus median) + -ino -ine³]

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Noun	1.	mezzanine - first or lowest balcony first balcony balcony - an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium loge - balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine
	2.	mezzanine - intermediate floor just above the ground floor entresol, mezzanine floor storey, floor, story, level - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

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mezzanine

[ˈmezəniːn] N → entresuelo m

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mezzanine

[ˈmɛzəniːn] n

(= floor) → mezzanine f

[shops, offices] → entresol m

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mezzanine

n → Mezzanin nt

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mezzanine

[ˈmɛzəniːn] n (also mezzanine floor) → mezzanino

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{entresol = mezzanine, low-ceilinged area between between the first and second floors}

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