Storey
（重定向自Groundfloors）
![A storey plan](/Images/godic/202501/16/Etage15823.png")
![A large elevator panel in a North American high-rise omits several floors as well as designating three separate levels as penthouse floors.](/Images/godic/202501/16/Idiosyncratic_elevator_panel5823.jpg")
![An elevator control panel in an apartment building in Shanghai. Floors 4, 13 and 14 are missing.](/Images/godic/202501/16/ShanghaiMissingFloors5823.jpg")
![Letter boxes of an old residential building in Hong Kong. The Chinese floor numbering uses the traditional Chinese system, the same as the North American one, while the English floor numbering uses the British system.](/Images/godic/202501/16/Hong_Kong_164-166_Tung_Lo_Wan_Road_letter_boxes5823.jpg")
A storey (or story in American English) is any level part of a building that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). The plurals are "storeys" and "stories" respectively.
The terms "floor", "level", or "deck" can also be used in this sense, except that one may use "ground floor" and "ground level" for the floor closer to what is considered the ground or street level. The words "storey" and "floor" also generally exclude levels of the building that have no roof, even if they are used by people—such as the terrace on the top roof of many buildings.