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n A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

n (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).

n (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

n (category theory) Given diagram F : J → C, a cone (L, φ) from L ∈ Ob(C) to F is the limit of F if it has the universal property that for any other cone (N, ψ) from N ∈ Ob(C) to F there is a unique morphism u : N → L such that for all X ∈ Ob(J), $\backslash phi\_X\; \backslash circ\; u\; =\; \backslash psi\_X$.

n (poker) Short for fixed limit.

n The final, utmost, or furthest point.

a (poker) Being a fixed limit game.

v (transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.

v (mathematics|intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set.

v (obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.