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bay

(1) The smallest rentable tenant space in a strip center, usually defined by the front and rear exterior walls and fire walls at either side.(2) An unfinished area between rows of columns or loadbearing walls. (3) Loading areas in warehouse or industrial space. Ascertaining the number of bays necessary and available is usually critically important when working with buyers or potential tenants of such space.



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Police dogs were held at bay, their handlers reluctant to send them into the attic for fear they would fall through the false ceiling, Norian said.
With only a single narrow doorway in the far corner of living space, one at the end of the lower block and one to one side of the main bedroom, nature is held at bay and provides a backdrop.
He held at bay two greedy foreign imperialist powers, Russia and China; he oversaw the settlement of an almost empty land; and he helped to lay the foundations of Manchuria's industrial economy.
 
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