price ceiling

基本解释

the spending cuts [that] the Republican-controlled House demanded as its price for raising the ceiling.
市场一度认为由于违约的结果将如此可怕，两党到最后不得不就削减开支达成一致，共和党控制的众议院要求削减开支来交换提高债务上限。
The ceiling of 2.79% on 12-month deposits barely compensates them for consumer-price inflation, which rose to 2.7% in February.
一年期利率上限仅为2.79%，只能勉强补偿储户因消费者价格通货膨胀造成的损失。今年2月，上述通膨率已升至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，限额交易制度的目的是要引入碳价，但议案对其设定了28美元一吨的上限—太低了不能充分地改变人们的行为。

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