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overlimit

overlimit adjective: having more money being charged on a credit card than what is available as credit.

Adjective

overlimit (comparative more overlimit, superlative most overlimit)

  1. Having more money being charged on a credit card than what is available as credit.
  2. (rare) Going beyond the limits.

Noun

overlimit (usually uncountable, plural overlimits)

  1. (usually) The state of going beyond the limits.

Verb

overlimit (third-person singular simple present overlimits, present participle overlimiting, simple past and past participle overlimited)

  1. To have more money being charged on a credit card than usually available as credit.
  2. (rare) To limit excessively; to restrict too much.

Forms of overlimit

Adjective
comparativemore overlimit
superlativemost overlimit
Noun
pluraloverlimits
Verb
third-person singular presentoverlimits
present participleoverlimiting
past participleoverlimited
pastoverlimited

Origin of overlimit

From over- + limit.

Questions about overlimit

What does overlimit mean?
Overlimit means having more money being charged on a credit card than what is available as credit.
What part of speech is overlimit?
Overlimit can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.

Words near overlimit in the dictionary

  1. overlights
  2. overlime
  3. overlimed
  4. overlimes
  5. overliming
  6. overlimit
  7. overlimited
  8. overlimiting
  9. overlimits
  10. overline
  11. overlined

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