fixed limit

English

Noun

fixed limit (countable and uncountable, plural fixed limits)

  1. (poker) A form of poker game where bets and raises can only be a single size as specified by the rules.
  2. (countable) A predetermined limit that cannot be exceeded, as opposed to an amount that depends on circumstances.
    • 1862, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers - Volume 38, page 22:
      He would, in fact, I assume, always have exercised the same caution in investing in securities his two-thirds of the coin received for notes as it is proposed to use in investing within the fixed limit of four millions.
    • 2000, John G. Cameron, A Practitioner's Guide to Construction Law, page 6-15:
      Subparagraph 2.1.7.2 of the B141 therefore may release the architect from responsibility for making an erroneous estimate, unless the parties agree in writing to a fixed limit on construction costs.
    • 2012, United States. Federal Communications Commission, FCC Record, page 3703:
      Devices operating at less than the maximum permitted power will not be required to suppress emissions below the fixed limits we are establishing.
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