price ceiling

基本解释

the spending cuts [that] the Republican-controlled House demanded as its price for raising the ceiling.
市場一度認爲由於違約的結果將如此可怕，兩黨到最後不得不就削減開支達成一致，共和黨控制的衆議院要求削減開支來交換提高債務上限。
The ceiling of 2.79% on 12-month deposits barely compensates them for consumer-price inflation, which rose to 2.7% in February.
一年期利率上限僅爲2.79%，衹能勉強補償儲戶因消費者價格通貨膨脹造成的損失。今年2月，上述通膨率已陞至2.7%。
Second, the purpose of a cap-and-trade system is to introduce a carbon price. But the bill sets a ceiling of $28 a tonne on the price of carbon—too low to change behaviour enough.
第二，限額交易制度的目的是要引入碳價，但議案對其設定了28美元一噸的上限—太低了不能充分地改變人們的行爲。

Audi's great diesel vehicles--the A3 TDI and Q7 TDI--didn't make the cut for our list (the luxury brand name carries a hefty price premium, though Mercedes-Benz was able to break through that ceiling).
FORBES: Magazine Article
Such a "price-capped cellulosic RFS" approach protects consumers by offering them an effective ceiling while offering investors and producers assurance that all cellulosic fuels produced at these reasonable prices will be mandated.
FORBES: Khosla Speaks
In the euro area consumer-price inflation was revised up to 2.3% in October, well above the 2% ceiling set by the European Central Bank.
ECONOMIST: Overview