baseline
noun [ S ]
uk/ˈbeɪslaɪn/ us FINANCE
an amount of money or a number that is used to compare other amounts of money or numbers to, especially as a way of measuring whether they have increased or decreased:
a baseline price/figure/rate
$13 million was added to the baseline budget for the district attorney's office.
a minimum level of quality, safety, etc. that is considered to be necessary in a particular situation:
baseline for sth Europe's steelmakers have proposed a system that sets a baseline for carbon efficiency.
baseline of sth The new features should provide a baseline of security for Windows users.