Phrase guide

limited liability company

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type or form of for-profit incorporated company where ownership is divided into shares, and where the governing rules are set forth in a contract entered into by all of the initial shareholders. The name derives from the fact that regardless of potential losses or even bankruptcy of the corporation, individual shareholders will bear a maximum liability of the price they paid for their shares.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: Ltd, Ltd.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: LLC, Ltd, Ltd.

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shoqëri me përgjegjësi të kufizuar — type of company
  • Arabic: شَرِكَة ذَات مَسْؤُولِيَّة مَحْدُودَة (šarika ḏāt masʔūliyya maḥdūda) — type of company
  • Armenian: սահմանափակն պատասխանատվությամբ ընկերություն (sahmanapʻakn patasxanatvutʻyamb ənkerutʻyun) — type of company
  • Azerbaijani: məhdud məsuliyyətli cəmiyyət — type of company
  • Belarusian: тавары́ства з абмежава́най адка́знасцю (tavarýstva z abmježavánaj adkáznascju) — type of company
  • Belarusian: тавары́ства з абмежава́най адка́знасьцю (tavarýstva z abmježavánaj adkáznasʹcju) — type of company
  • Belarusian: ТАА (TAA) — type of company
  • Bulgarian: дру́жество с ограни́чена отгово́рност (drúžestvo s ograníčena otgovórnost) — type of company
  • Bulgarian: ООД (OOD) — type of company
  • Catalan: societat de responsabilitat limitada — type of company
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有限責任公司 /有限责任公司 (yǒuxiàn zérèn gōngsī) — type of company
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有限公司 (yǒuxiàn gōngsī) — type of company
  • Czech: společnost s ručením omezeným — type of company
  • Dutch: besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid — type of company
  • Dutch: besloten vennootschap — type of company
  • Dutch: bv — type of company
  • Esperanto: kompanio kun limigita respondeco — type of company
  • Estonian: osaühing — type of company
  • Finnish: (Oy) osakeyhtiö — type of company
  • Finnish: rajavastuuyhtiö — type of company
  • French: société à responsabilité limitée — type of company
  • Georgian: შეზღუდული პასუხისმგებლობის საზოგადოება (šezɣuduli ṗasuxismgeblobis sazogadoeba) — type of company
  • Georgian: შპს (šṗs) — type of company
  • German: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung — type of company
  • German: GmbH — type of company
  • Greek: εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης (etaireía periorisménis efthýnis) — type of company
  • Hindi: सीमित देयता कंपनी (sīmit deytā kampnī) — type of company
  • Hindi: लिमिटेड लायबिलिटी कंपनी (limiṭeḍ lāybiliṭī kampnī) — type of company
  • Hungarian: korlátolt felelősségű társaság — type of company
  • Italian: società a responsabilità limitata — type of company
  • Japanese: 有限責任会社 (yūgen sekinin gaisha) — type of company
  • Japanese: エルエルシー (eru-eru-shī) — type of company
  • Japanese: LLC (LLC) — type of company
  • Korean: 유한책임회사 (yuhanchaegimhoesa) — type of company
  • Latvian: sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību — type of company
  • Latvian: SIA — type of company
  • Lithuanian: (UAB) uždaroji akcinė bendrovė — type of company
  • Macedonian: друштво со ограничена одговорност (društvo so ograničena odgovornost) — type of company
  • Malay: syarikat liabiliti terhad — type of company
  • Mongolian: хязгаарлагдмал хариуцлагатай компани (xjazgaarlagdmal xariuclagataj kompani) — type of company
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aksjeselskap — type of company
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: aksjeselskap — type of company
  • Iranian Persian: شِرْکَتِ مَسْئولِیَّتِ مَحْدود (šerkat-e mas'uliyyat-e mahdud) — type of company
  • Iranian Persian: شِرْکَت با مَسْئولِیَّتِ مَحْدود (šerkat bâ mas'uliyyat-e mahdud) — type of company
  • Polish: spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością — type of company
  • Polish: spółka z o.o. — type of company
  • Polish: sp. z o.o. — type of company
  • Portuguese: (Lda.) limitada — type of company
  • Portuguese: sociedade de responsabilidade limitada — type of company
  • Romanian: societate cu răspundere limitată — type of company
  • Russian: о́бщество с ограни́ченной отве́тственностью (óbščestvo s ograníčennoj otvétstvennostʹju) — type of company
  • Russian: ООО (OOO) — type of company
  • Serbo-Croatian: друштво с ограниченом одговорношћу — type of company
  • Serbo-Croatian: Д.О.О. — type of company
  • Serbo-Croatian: društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću — type of company
  • Serbo-Croatian: D.O.O. — type of company
  • Slovak: spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným — type of company
  • Slovene: družba z omejeno odgovornostjo — type of company
  • Spanish: sociedad de responsabilidad limitada — type of company
  • Thai: บริษัทมหจํากัด (bɔɔ-rí-sàt-má-hà-jam-gàt) — type of company
  • Turkish: sınırlı sorumlu şirket — type of company
  • Ukrainian: товари́ство з обме́женою відповіда́льністю (tovarýstvo z obméženoju vidpovidálʹnistju) — type of company
  • Ukrainian: ТОВ (TOV) — type of company
  • Ukrainian: ТзОВ (TzOV) — type of company
  • Vietnamese: công ty trách nhiệm hữu hạn — type of company