"limited company" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: limited companies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} limited company (plural limited companies)
  1. A company in which the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Categories (topical): Business, Collectives, Finance Hypernyms: company Related terms: limited liability company Translations (type of company): 有限公司 (yǒuxiàn gōngsī) (Chinese Mandarin), osakeyhtiö (Finnish), société de capitaux [feminine] (French), Kapitalgesellschaft [feminine] (German), cuideachta theoranta [feminine] (Irish), aksjeselskap [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), aksjeselskap [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), شرکت محدود (Persian), spółka kapitałowa [feminine] (Polish), limited şirket (Turkish), شرکتِ محدودہ (shirkat-e-mahdūda) (Urdu)

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