limit

limit　限额，限量　

1.general：prescribed bounds of an authority，power，privilege，or right.2.banking：（1）extent to which a bank will advance credit to a customer.Also called a guidance line of credit，its computation may differ from bank to bank，and is rarely（if ever）disclosed to customers.（2）restriction imposed on a bank or other lending institution by the country’s central bank for loans to a single borrower，expressed as a percentage of the capital of the institution.