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Feb 20, 2005 10:50
19 yrs ago
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English term

fore ceiling

English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) Trade
There is a 5% Service Charge on the total rent paid for offices and warehouses. The service charge includes carpets, curtains, wallpaper, fore ceiling, electricity, air-conditioning, water, cleaning services to the offices are also undertaken by DAFZA. (Please note that the services are only in offices)

Doet it mean front ceiling? Why only the front ceiling is charged?
Responses
4 false ceiling
2 +1 ceiling fan??

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Feb 25, 2005:
Thanks to you all, Armaat is correct and should get the points.
Ken Cox Feb 20, 2005:
armaat should post this as a reply so you can do the grading formalities properly. False ceilings (also called drop ceilings, at least in NA) are very commonly used in office buildings.
juvera Feb 20, 2005:
Fore also means in front of something, so it does point to false ceiling, not as a mispronunciation, but slight mistranslation. False ceiling makes sense here.
Melanie Nassar Feb 20, 2005:
False ceiling is a widely-used term in Arabic countries.
Melanie Nassar Feb 20, 2005:
I noticed that fore ceiling only got a very few Googles, most of these from Arabic-speaking countries, as your source also is. Is it possible that fore ceiling comes from a mispronunciation of false ceiling?

Responses

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false ceiling

or drop ceiling, as Kenneth suggests.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks very much for all contributions."
+1
16 mins

ceiling fan??

found a couple of references in the Internet to "fore ceiling fans"??
Peer comment(s):
agree Aimee : All I found was ceiling fans too.
6 hrs
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