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Definitions: Ltd. |
Ltd.Noun1. (British) a company that is organized to give its owners limited liability. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
Ltd. | English | Limited liability company | Economics, Law |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: Ltd.Synonym: limited company (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ltd. |
| Specialty definitions using "Ltd.": Acorn Computer Group, Acorn Computers Ltd., Advanced RISC Machine, Advanced RISC Machines Ltd., ARI Service, ARM Ltd, ARM610, ARM7, ARM710, ARM8, AST Computers, LLC ♦ BBC Microcomputer ♦ Compusult Ltd., Computing Devices Canada Ltd. ♦ Demon Internet Ltd., Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System ♦ Econet, EMBLA Pro, ESL, EUnet Ltd., Expert Systems Ltd. ♦ Harris Semiconductor Ltd., Hotline, Hotline Communications Ltd., Hotline Connect ♦ Multipop-68 ♦ NewsClip, NIAL Systems Ltd. ♦ Online Media ♦ Parlog, PIPEX Ltd., Poly/ML ♦ Q'NIAL, QNX, quantum cell, quantum cell wire, Quantum-dot Cellular Automata ♦ RedNet Ltd. ♦ SA-110, SCL, SFL, Strand88 ♦ user interface copyright, UTF-8 ♦ WSL ♦ Zynet Ltd.. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Vice Girls Ltd. (1964) Miss London Ltd. (1943) Robinson Crusoe Ltd. (1921) Ltd. Lombardi (1919) Fantasy Ltd. (2002) | |
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 | Figure 41. Current meter and recording device invented by Kohei Ono in 1950. Above: Picture of the unit. Below: the recording mechanism. This instrument was built by the Ogawa Seiki Company, Ltd., of Tokyo. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 65. Marconi electrolytic sounder - a Langevin-Touly electric recording sounder marketed by the Marconi Sounding Device Co. Ltd. which sold these instruments in Great Britain. The Langevin-Touly instrument was first marketed in 1935. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Caption: A.F. Wagner in His Office at Thomas A. Edison , Ltd., Motion Picture Office in London England; London, England; Unknown Date; {23.300/19} (jpg). |  | Speak Up America : Talk About Perscriptions / Design: Berns & Kay, Ltd. Illustration: Kathleen Carson. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [Albert D. Davis] / Chase Ltd.. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Edwin Booth as Richelieu / gravure, Gebbie & Husson Co. ltd.. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle / gravure, Gebbie & Husson Co. ltd.. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Office of Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd., Walkerville, Ont. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Pergola, Hiram Walker & Sons, Ltd., Walkerville, Ont. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Conversion. Silverware plant. In times of peace this milling machine produced some of America's most beautiful silverware, but since December 1941 it has holder forceps, for use by surgeons of the nation's armed forces. Oneida Ltd., Oneida, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | PTO - Zambia Telecommunications Ltd. (Zamtel) is owned by the state. (references) | |
Co., Ltd. these companies are recognized internationally for their quality diamond tools. (references) | ||
A listing of tour operator members of the Visit USA Association, Ltd. is attached to this report. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Uganda | The Monitor Group Ltd. expanded its services and introduced Kampala's first all-talk and issues-oriented FM radio station. (references) |
Singapore | Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. (SPH), a private holding company with close ties to the Government, owns all general circulation newspapers in the four official languages--English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil. (references) | |
Kuwait | A private company, the Book House Company Ltd., is permitted to import significant amounts of Bibles and other Christian religious material--including videotapes and compact discs--for use solely among the congregations of the country's recognized churches. (references) | |
Economic History | Burma | Myanmar SPA Today Advertising Ltd., 148(B), Dhammazedi Rd. Bahan P.O. (references) |
Hong Kong | The Hong Kong Futures Exchange Ltd. provides a market for Hang Seng Index futures and options. (references) | |
Armenia | ICN, ltd. 5 Alex Manukian St., Yerevan-25; tel: (374-1) 572-540. Private advertisement company. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Australia | Upon its expiration in December 2000, the Council was replaced by Reconciliation Australia, Ltd., a private foundation with government funding, which is charged with continuing the Council's work. (references) |
Political Economy | JAMAICA | In August 2000, Paymaster Jamaica Ltd. sued Bill Express for infringing on its exclusive rights to computer software. (references) |
AUSTRALIA | The privatization of the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) in July 1999 saw its export controls transferred to the Wheat Export Authority (WEA), with veto rights over bulk export requests retained by the grower-owned former subsidiary of the AWB, AWB (International) Ltd. After review during 2000, the Federal government extended the WEA's export monopoly until 2004. Having terminated export support payment schemes and internal support programs for dairy producers, the Australian government has made a structural adjustment package available to dairy producers since June 2000. (references) | |
Trade | Nepal | Nepal Bank, Ltd. is 40.49 percent government-owned. (references) |
Tanzania | Citibank (Tz) Ltd. is the only U.S. bank currently operating in Tanzania. (references) | |
New Zealand | The automated clearing function is run by EDS (N.Z.) Ltd. under contract to ISL. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Solomon Islands | In June 1999, Solomon Islands Plantation Ltd. closed its facilities following attacks on its workers. (references) |
Bahamas | In April a court of appeal ordered City Markets, Ltd. to allow its workers to join the union of their choice. (references) | |
Uganda | On February 6, more than 400 workers, including top managers, of the Kampala-based Crown Beverages Ltd. went on strike for the second time in a month demanding the resignation of the Chief Executive, whom they said was responsible for poor working relations. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ltd." is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ltd." is used about 1,306 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 1,306 | 6,064 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | A.B.C. Learning Centres Ltd. | Canada | Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. |
| China | Angang New Steel Co. Ltd. | Finland | Pohjola Insurance Co., Ltd. |
| France | Transiciel International Ltd. | Hong Kong | AEON Credit Service Asia Co. Ltd. |
| India | Adinath Textiles Ltd. | Indonesia | Jaya Pari Steel Corp. Ltd. Tbk. Pt. |
| Ireland | Arnotts Public Co. Ltd. | Israel | "Bezeq" The Israel Telecommunications Corp. Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "Ltd.": acorn Computers Ltd. ♦ advanced RISC Machines Ltd. ♦ Compusult Ltd. ♦ computing Devices Canada Ltd. ♦ demon Internet Ltd. ♦ EUnet Ltd. ♦ expert Systems Ltd. ♦ Harris Semiconductor Ltd. ♦ hotline Communications Ltd. ♦ NIAL Systems Ltd. ♦ pipex Ltd. ♦ quality Systems & Software Ltd. ♦ RedNet Ltd. ♦ Zynet Ltd.. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "Ltd."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | محدود الضمان. (various references) | |
Chinese | 有限公司。. (various references) | |
Czech | s ruèením omezeným. (various references) | |
French | société responsabilité limitée, S.A.R.L., S. r.l.. (various references) | |
German | gmbh. (inc.), GmbH (Inc), Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (limited liability company, limited-liability partnership, private limited company). (various references) | |
Greek | Α.Ε.. (various references) | |
Hungarian | korlátolt felelõsségû társaság (limited liability company), kft. (various references) | |
Italian | societ a garanzia limitata (limited liability company), S.a g.l. (limited liability company). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "ット毎 (bidet, bit-wise, coccyx, VCR, VD, very important person, video, video art, video camcorder, video camera, video cassette recorder, Video CassetteRecorder, video clip, video engineer, video game, video hall, video journalist, video magazine, video meter, Video Research Ltd., video shop, video soft, video tape recorder, videocassette, videodisc, videogenic, video-tape, videotex, VIP). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "デオリサーチ (Video Research Ltd.). (various references) | |
Russian | лимитед. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 74 64 2E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01110100 01100100 00101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L t d . |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0074 0064 002E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46867016 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Company Usage 10. Expressions 11. Translations: Modern 12. Abbreviations | 13. Acronyms 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Arabies, arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic; Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese; Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, الهنغاري, مجري, هنغاري, المجري, اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; Russies, Rus, الروسية, روسي, اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian; 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