Definition of "time limit" []

• A time by which something must finish (noun)
• A duration beyond which something may not exceed (noun)

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• "Whenever fans from other cities entered the club, he was given a ten- to thirty-second time limit to relieve himself."
• "He got into his undersuiting, swallowed a hot cup of coffee in the wardroom, made a hasty visit to the waste disposal room and was back up the access tube and into the storm cellar within the time limit he had given."
• "Along with demands that would practically strip Serbia of its national sovereignty, it contained a forty-eight-hour time limit for Serbian acceptance."