adjective

1. 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
4. 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