limit

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While borrowings within the limit is at the prevailing repo rate, those above the agreed limit (between the government and RBI) is 2\% higher than the repo rate

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  1. noun The point, edge, or line beyond which something cannot or may not proceed.
  2. noun The boundary surrounding a specific area; bounds: within the city limits.
  3. noun A confining or restricting object, agent, or influence.
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  • But the terms of the limit were a monthly twenty thousand I.M.U. —  Tanith_Lee_-_The_Silver_Metal_Lover3
  • The 20-hour limit is applied to each week, meaning that a student can work no more than 20 hours in any given week. —  LearnHub Activities
  • In Florida, a third offense for driving 50 mph over the limit is a felony. —  AllDeaf.com
  • Another way to think about the limit is the find the height of the graph at (or really close to) the given x. —  LearnHub Activities
  • The higher limit is aimed at bolstering confidence in the soundness of the country's banks. —  Top Stories - Google News
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English limite, from Old French, border, from Latin līmes, līmit-, border, limit.

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  1. from Middle English limite, lymyte, from Old French limite, French limite = Spanish limite = Portuguese Italian limite, from Latin limes (limit-), a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit; cf. limen, a threshold. Cf. lime.
  2. from Middle English limiten, from Old French limiter, French limiter = Provencal Spanish Portuguese limitar = Italian limitare, from Latin limitare, bound, limit, fix, determine, from limes (limit-), a boundary, limit: see limit, n. Cf. delimit.
 

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