Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
LIMITATION
limitation, restriction
(noun) an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
limitation
(noun) the quality of being limited or restricted; “it is a good plan but it has serious limitations”
restriction, limitation
(noun) a principle that limits the extent of something; “I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements”
limit, limitation
(noun) the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; “there are limits on the amount you can bet”; “it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight”
limitation
(noun) (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought; “statute of limitations”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
limitation (countable and uncountable, plural limitations)
The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
(law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.
Synonyms
• (time period): prescription
Antonyms
• limitelessness
Anagrams
• militation
Source: Wiktionary
Lim`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. limitatio: cf. F. Limitation. See Limit, v. t.]
1. The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council. They had no right to mistake the limitation . . . of their own faculties, for an inherent limitation of the possible modes of existence in the universe. J. S. Mill.
2. That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought. The cause of error is ignorance what restraints and limitations all principles have in regard of the matter whereunto they are applicable. Hooker.
3. A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district. Chaucer. Latimer.
4. A limited time within or during which something is to be done. You have stood your limitation, and the tribunes Endue you with the people's voice. Shak.
5. (Law) (a) A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit. (b) A settling of an estate or property by specific rules. (c) A restriction of power; as, a constitutional limitation. Wharton. Bouvier. To know one's own limitations, to know the reach and limits of one's abilities. A. R. Wallace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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