borrowing limit

collocation in English

meaningsofborrowingandlimit

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borrowing
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈbɒr.əʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈbɑːr.oʊ.ɪŋ/
the fact of borrowing money, especially from a bank, or the amount that ...
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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 ofborrowingandlimitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofborrowing limit

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There is no immediate need to increase theborrowinglimitof £200 million.
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The external borrowing of the subsidiaries now counts against theborrowinglimit.
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But allowance must he made for investment in these other aspects of new town development, since it all counts against theborrowinglimit.
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The corporation's present statutoryborrowinglimitof £600 million was suitable for a corporation involved in oil exploration and production as well as oil trading.
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The old system had aborrowinglimit; the new system will have a prudential code.
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I should make it clear, however, that theborrowinglimitdoes not apply to intervention fund grants or to the shipbuilders' redundancy payments scheme.
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It is therefore necessary to extend the permittedborrowinglimit.
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The amount to be written off counts at present towards theborrowinglimitof £3,500 million.
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Though suspended, the loans continue to count against theborrowinglimit, so they are included within the £4,500 million total.
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He asked why theborrowinglimithad run out earlier than originally envisaged.
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On present forecasts theborrowinglimitof £4,200 million is likely to be reached around the middle of 1983.
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I note that the externalborrowinglimitnow stands at a record £950 million.
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When a foundation trust gets itsborrowinglimit—determined by the regulator—where can it go for money?
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The external borrowings from the private sector of subsidiary companies were now to be counted against theborrowinglimit.
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Itsborrowinglimithas been progressively raised to £11 million.
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Theborrowinglimitis not the limit on authorities' capital spending.
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Its netborrowinglimitfor 1985–86 is £22·5 million.
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I now propose that theborrowinglimitshould be so raised to £1,400 million.
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So legislation to increase the currentborrowinglimitwas inevitable.
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As recently as 1976, itsborrowinglimitwas £560 million.
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