cutoff point
Where eligibility ends
A cutoff point is a threshold where something changes—where eligibility begins or ends, where categories divide, where a decision gets made.
Test scores have cutoff points for passing.
Income has cutoff points for benefits.
The cutoff point for admission was 1200 on the SAT.
Also spelled as one word: cutoff point.
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- hard limitUnbreakable maximum constraint
- boundaryLine marking a limit
bright line · cutoff · age limit · line · edge · brink · cap · ceiling · barrier · terminus · finish line · end · marker · dividing line · demarcation · razor's edge · do or die · quota
- limitslimit, limits, limitation, upper limit, lower limit
- Cut-offdeadline, limit, threshold, cap, ceiling
- thresholdslimit, threshold, brink, edge, boundary
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- tolerancetolerance, forbearance, patience, understanding, empathy
- income levelslow income, high income, middle income, upper class, middle class