Sentence examples for setting the floor from inspiring English sources

Such measures are expected to take on new life with Democrats setting the floor schedule.

"The bid would be what is called a stalking horse bid, essentially setting the floor for other offers in the auction process".

With an offer of $1.38 billion, EchoStar has been named the stalking horse bidder, setting the floor for the purchase price.

The role that C&S had set for itself -- setting the floor for the auction and acquiring the chain if no bids topped its offer -- is a common arrangement, according to some bankruptcy experts, and was considered necessary in this case because Grand Union had some very profitable stores as well as a number of undersized, unattractive and unprofitable stores that were not likely to be bought.

Gawker filed for bankruptcy this month with a plan to sell itself to online publisher Ziff Davis LLC for $90 million, setting the floor for bids in a court-supervised auction scheduled to take place later this summer.

When Gawker filed for bankruptcy, it had an agreement from online publisher Ziff Davis LLC to buy the company for $90 million, but this was only meant to be a stalking horse bid setting the floor price in an auction process that is now underway.

This time around, the bank set the floor at $271,000.

As the new stalking-horse bidders, the liquidation firms have set the floor for the auction.

As the "stalking horse" bidder, the company will set the floor price for a court-supervised auction scheduled for March 15.

A "stalking horse bidder," which would set the floor for an auction, is likely to be picked by mid-January.

Berkshire then plans to allow others to make offers, but it has now set the floor for other bidders.