Floor

A floor in financial terms refers to how low something can go.

For instance if you have some sort of mortgage product that tracks a base rate, it could be there is a floor imposed. Let's say the floor is 2%. Then, even if the base rate goes below the floor, the product will not move any lower. It is the opposite of a cap.

The two together (cap and floor) are called a collar in financial speak.

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