lifetime limit
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflifetimeandlimit
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lifetime
noun[C usually singular]
uk/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/us/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/
the period of time during which someone lives or ...
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limit
noun
uk/ˈlɪm.ɪt/us/ˈlɪm.ɪt/
the greatest amount, number, or level of something that is either possible ...
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(Definition oflifetimeandlimitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There must be nolifetimelimit—or at least a limit much higher than £50,000.
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Anylifetimelimitwill increase the cost of a scheme, making it less attractive to savers.
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As for the £1.4 million limit, all that we have done is translate into alifetimelimitthe current maximum entitlement on tax relief.
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Thelifetimelimitwill be complemented by a light-touch compliance regime based on an annual limit of £200,000.
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He clearly continues to think that there is to be alifetimelimiton investments in the scheme.
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The current annual limit of £10,800 is being reduced to £5,000, which is less than half, and it is still alifetimelimit.
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We propose to replace them with a singlelifetimelimitassessed at the point of retirement, and we propose to set that limit at £1.4 million.
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What is the position of people who are in danger of exceeding theirlifetimelimitbecause they are highly paid and have substantial pension provisions?
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Many people suspect that the 10-year guarantee introduces a £50,000lifetimelimitby the back door.
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Perhaps the answer is that a separatelifetimelimitwill be applied to contributions to overseas schemes while people are in this country.
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Thelifetimelimitis very costly.
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The 10-year guaranteed life effectively means that people can put £5,000 a year aside for 10 years: we are back at the £50,000lifetimelimit, by the back door.
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The £50,000lifetimelimitwould have had the most adverse consequence on providers of savings vehicles, and we are delighted that, at least on the face of it, that has disappeared.
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More specifically, conservatives wanted to impose a five-yearlifetimelimiton welfare benefits and provide block grants for states to fund programs for poor families.
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For graduate students, the limit is $8,000 per year with alifetimelimitof $60,000 (including undergraduate loans).
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They suggest that safety net programmes should be improved and a more flexible relationship between lifetime limits and economic conditions established.
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With respect to more flexible policy and fiscal options, as already noted, states may set lifetime limits on federal cash assistance shorter than the mandatory 5 years.
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Lifetime limits are much more restrictive than consecutive limits.
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With lifetime limits, once a legislator has served up to the limit, she/he may never again run for election to that office.
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This was the largest civil engineering task in history, involving a quarter of a million construction workers who all reached their official lifetime limits of radiation.
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