As a rule of thumb, if you regularly go overdrawn by only a small amount, you're better off with a buffer.
However, all non-contributory benefits should be covered, with a "buffer" to allow for cyclically driven rises in spending – vital for maintaining demand in a downturn.
North Korea provides China with a buffer between it and the roughly 29,000 American troops stationed in South Korea.
Since the €48 billion figure was calculated last year, admittedly with a buffer, the economic outlook has deteriorated.
If it follows the lines he sketched in this space last month, it will include a cease-fire with U.S. monitors as well as a separation of the opposing forces with a buffer zone.
It runs for 32 miles, with a buffer zone, which Palestinians are forbidden from entering, extending up to 1,000 metres inside the narrow Gaza Strip, swallowing prime agricultural land.
Toni Schneider, the chief executive of Automattic, said the additional funds would provide the profitable company with a buffer as it invests in other services, including an antispam filter and an online-identity product.
Call it e-mail with a buffer.
(a) Without and (b) with a buffer layer.
A hat oblique tunnel portal combined with a buffer structure with top holes was particularly effective.
It was standardized with a buffer solution of pH range between 4 and 9.
