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Definition of Limited company
1. Noun. A company that is organized to give its owners limited liability.
Generic synonyms: Company
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limited Company
Literary usage of Limited company
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Company Precedents, for Use in Relation to Companies Subject to the by Francis Beaufort Palmer (1881)
"Form 127 Application for a certificate of incorporation as a limited company by
The Company. " to register itself as a company limited by shares under the ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"A limited company may have director* with unlimited liability. A company limited
by shares may under certain conditions reduce its capital, or divide its ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"Hence it follows that if a limited company contract excessive debts beyond what
the members are bound to pay, it is the creditors alone who will chiefly ..."
4. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1883)
"2 Ex. D. 429. as a limited company under the Joint Stock Companies Act, began to
lay pipes, both under the highway and in other bin Is. At the beginning of ..."
5. Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Lord Chancellor and the Court by John Peter De Gex, Henry Cadman Jones, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1873)
"The section says,'i that in case of a company formed with limited liability, and
hereinafter called a limited company, the word ' limited ' shall be the ..."
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