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Dominik Posted 20 years ago
Business & Finance

head room

Does the word "head room" exist in English?
What does it mean? manager's/director's room ???

Thx in advance!
  

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headroom - the space above your head and something (usually the ceiling) or the overall space allowed for someone to stand up. People talk about cars having 'a lot of headroom' or 'not much headroom' for example. I haven't heard it used as a name for an actual room, no.

— Nona the brit

  • headroom - the space above your head and something (usually the ceiling) or the overall space allowed for someone to stand up.
  • People talk about cars having 'a lot of headroom' or 'not much headroom' for example.
  • I haven't heard it used as a name for an actual room, no.
  • The Head's room would be an informal way of referring to the room/office of a headmaster/mistress, but I don't think this is what you mean.
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headroom - the space above your head and something (usually the ceiling) or the overall space allowed for someone to stand up. People talk about cars having 'a lot of headroom' or 'not much headroom' for example.

I haven't heard it used as a name for an actual room, no.

The Head's room would be an informal way of referring to the room/office of a headmaster/mistress, but I don't
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Thank you very much for the explanation. I'm doing an English exercise.

Choose the correct word.
Michelin's head office / head hunter / head room is in Clermont Ferrand.
I know the correct answer, but I didn't know the meaning of head room.

PS. Why head hunter/head room. Shouldn't it be headhunter/headroom ???
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Yes. I suppose room/office can sometimes be synonymous so they wanted to check that people knew the correct phrase, head office. Headhunter - I guess they just needed another 'head' option.
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Thank you for your reply Nona. I wasn't sure because other answers in other sentences were correct words (of course the meaning is different and only one answer matches).
For example - Michelin gets/owes/owns Uniroyal.
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headhunter is a real word - it is a profession/job.
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I know that, but the correct spelling of the words is headhunter not head hunter and headroom not head room. Am I right?

Thanks for the help.

Regards
Dominik
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