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lim·ited (lim′it id)

adjective

    1. confined within bounds; restricted
    2. circumscribed or narrow in scope or extent
    3. brief; very short a limited time
  2. ☆ accommodating a restricted number of passengers, making fewer stops than on the regular runs, and often charging extra fare: said of a train, bus, etc.
  3. exercising governmental powers under constitutional restrictions; not having absolute power a limited monarch
    1. of or designating a partnership in which the liability of certain of its partners is limited to the amount of their individual investments
    2. Chiefly Brit. designating a company in which the liability of its shareholders is similarly restricted

noun

a limited train, bus, etc.

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finance limited definition - finance

limited Synonyms

limited

modif.

  1. Restricted

    confined, checked, curbed; see bound 2, bounded, restrained, restricted.

  2. Having only moderate capacity

    cramped, insufficient, short; see faulty, inadequate 1, poor 2, unsatisfactory.


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limited Usage Examples

Preposition: at

  • moment: The ability to predict human or environmental toxicity without recourse to animal or tissue experiments seems very limited at the moment.

Modifying Another Word

  • strictly: The study is not strictly limited to county boundaries.

Preposition: by

  • guarantee: Charity Companies are Companies Limited by Guarantee, set up with charitable aims.

Modifies a noun

  • edition: I'm looking for more slogans for my limited edition Steve Allen Tour badges.

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: RAE panels will of necessity remain limited in size.
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limited quotes

Liberty too must be limited in order to be possessed.

-Burke, Edmund

Experience isnever limited, and it isnever complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching everyair-borne particle in its tissue.

-James, Henry

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