0 the greatest length of time someone is allowed to spend doing something:
1 a date or time by which something must be done or completed:
within a time limit If a deal is not reached within the time limit, the firms involved will set up an auction.
a time limit for doing sth You should pay close attention to any relevant time limits for pursuing your statutory rights.
a time limit for sth Current rules outline time limits for the tender offer.
a 30-day/12-month/5-year etc. time limit Section 11 of the Act provides a three-year time limit for personal injury claims.
set/put/impose a time limit (on sth) At present, legislation does not impose any time limit on the Revenue in terms of the time it takes to process an application.
The National Business Conduct Committee may extend or shorten time limits prescribed by the Code for the filing of any papers.
a time limit expires Any documents submitted after the time limit expires will not be considered valid.
There was no time limit to the interview and the overall time taken ranged from 10 to 20 minutes.
The reading vocabulary test had a total of 45 questions and a 20-min time limit.
There was no time limit to complete the task.
The controls made very few errors (about 2%) or responses out of the time limit (about 1.5%).
Note that this task has no time limit and consequently does not have a speed component.
The test has a time limit of 20 minutes.
The time needed to complete the test is recorded, but no time limit is given.
The imposition of a time limit on prosecutions was, similarly, in theory not unreasonable.
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