LTD
adj.adj. Stands for limited. It is a short way of writing 'limited'. It shows that a company's owners only have to pay a set amount of the business's debts if it fails.
adj. Abbreviation for limited. Denoting a limited company, where the liability of shareholders is restricted to the amount they have invested. Post-positive — it follows the name of the business it describes.
The business is registered as Smith and Sons Ltd.
Before signing the contract, the lawyer checked if the firm was a registered Ltd company to understand their legal liability.
While many small businesses operate as sole traders, incorporating as an Ltd entity provides a layer of financial protection for the directors' personal assets against corporate insolvency.
Always capitalised and placed immediately after the company name. In British English, it is often written without a full stop.
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