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limited company

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌlimited ˈcompany (also limited liability company) noun [countable]  BBCa company in Britain whose owners only have to pay a limited amount if the company gets into debt (股份)有限公司 public limited company
Examples from the Corpus
limited companyAcorn is a limited company formed in 1955.In the case of a limited company, the secretary or a director should sign.You can be sole trader, in a partnership or limited company, in the manufacturing, retailing or service industries.To meet the challenge the public authority would have to be transformed into a public limited company.
ˌlimited ˈcompany nounChineseSyllable
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limited company
ˌlimited ˈcompany (also ˌlimited liaˈbility ˌcompany) noun [countable]
a company in Britain whose owners only have to pay a limited amount if the company gets into debt ⇨ public limited company


limited companyBrE /ˌlɪmɪtɪd ˈkʌmpəni/ 🔊NAmE /ˌlɪmɪtɪd ˈkʌmpəni/ 🔊 (also ˌlimited liaˈbility company) noun(in Britain) a company whose owners only have to pay a limited amount of its debts (英国的)有限责任公司,股份有限公司   see also Ltd