Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bottom, hand.

Cheers! (the drinking toast)

(economics) A situation in which competition between governments leads to very excessive (harmful) deregulation.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bottom, edge. / (cricket) The edge of a bat closest to the ground.

(physics) A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 4,100 to 4,400 MeV. / Symbol: b

Having lower parts made of or covered by copper (especially of a ship or cookware). / (Britain, idiomatic) Thoroughly reliable; secure

(countable, uncountable, business) The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied. / (idiomatic) The summary or result; the most important information.

The edible fleshy receptacle at the bottom of an artichoke flower.

(idiomatic) To settle for a poor option due to a lack or unavailability of anything better

Of or relating to a hierarchical system that progresses from multiple small subunits to a single, large basic unit.