a limit at which an arrangement changes. For example a tax threshold is the level of income or profit at which you start to pay a tax
above/below a threshold:
The company’s turnover is well below the threshold for VATregistration.
Synonyms and related words
Limits, controls and ranges
red line
limit
constraint
Synonyms and related words
Relating to tax and taxation
1099
after tax
allowance
1a
a level at which something happens. For example, your hearing threshold is the level of sound that you can hear, and your pain threshold is the level of pain that you can feel without suffering or complaining
changes that take place below the threshold of humanperception
Synonyms and related words
Limits, controls and ranges
red line
limit
constraint
2
the floor at the entrance to a room or building
Men were not allowed to cross the threshold.
Synonyms and related words
Entrances, exits and gateways
access
arch
archway
phrases
carry someone over the threshold
a low/high boredom threshold
on the threshold of something
threshold
noun countable
US /ˈθreʃˌhoʊld/
Other entries for this word
a low/high boredom thresholdphrase
on the threshold of somethingphrase
carry someone over the thresholdphrase
Word Forms
singular
threshold
plural
thresholds
DEFINITIONS2
1
a limit at which an arrangement changes. For example a tax threshold is the level of income or profit at which you start to pay a tax
above/below a threshold:
The company’s turnover is well below the tax threshold.
Synonyms and related words
Limits, controls and ranges
red line
limit
constraint
Synonyms and related words
Relating to tax and taxation
1040 form
1099
after tax
1a
a level at which something happens. For example, your hearing threshold is the level of sound that you can hear, and your pain threshold is the level of pain that you can feel without suffering or complaining
changes that take place below the threshold of humanperception