outer
northern, southern, etc.
three-mile, etc.
city, town (both esp. AmE)
a few miles outside of the city limits

annual, daily, etc.
Four cups of coffee is my daily limit.

term (esp. AmE)
term limits for members of Congress

lifetime
a lifetime limit of five years for welfare support

absolute, extreme, ultimate
I can offer you $50 but that's my absolute limit.
The vessel is operating at the extreme limits of the acceptable ranges.

higher, maximum, upper
lower, minimum
severe, strict, stringent, tight
The application must be made within a strict time limit.

narrow
We are forced to operate within relatively narrow limits.

arbitrary
the EU's arbitrary limits on fiscal policy

finite
the idea that the planet has finite limits

age, height, size, speed, temperature, time, weight
There's a weight limit on the bridge.

physical
practical
There's a practical limit to how small a portable computer can be.

inherent
the inherent limits of the hardware

safe, safety
The temperature is within safe operating limits.

exposure
the exposure limits to this group of chemicals

emission
The same emission limits apply to all engines.

budget, contribution (esp. AmE), credit, financial (esp. BrE), income, overdraft (BrE), spending
the IRS contribution limits
I don't want to go over my overdraft limit.

constitutional, legal, prescribed, statutory
acceptable, allowable, appropriate, permissible, reasonable, recommended
clear, specific
Establish clear limits, but keep rules to a minimum.

established, fixed, set, specified
Most credit card issuers have set limits on how low rates can go.

posted (AmE)
The posted speed limit is 35 mph.

normal
The engine was still reading well above normal limits.

theoretical
the theoretical limits of human knowledge

have
The new law has its limits.

approach, near, reach
The industry was approaching the limits of expansion.

cross
define, determine
the narrow limits defined by the emperor

explore
She wants Zack to be free to explore his limits, experiment and try new things.

establish, impose, place, put, set
The government has set a limit on spending on the arts.

enforce
There's a strict time limit enforced by a penalty.

respect
We want to respect the limits that our elders have imposed on us.

accept, acknowledge, recognize
They recognize the limits of their conventional strategies.

expand, extend, increase, raise
break
She must have broken every speed limit in Los Angeles getting here.

challenge, push, stretch, test
Their designers have pushed the limits of technology in order to create something new.

lower, reduce
This led them to reduce the upper age limit from age 65 to age 59.

exceed
You were exceeding the speed limit.

overcome, transcend
overstep, violate
push sb to
She pushed me to the limit of my abilities.

above a/the limit
The level of radioactivity in the soil was found to be above recommended limits.

at a/the limit
I was almost at the limits of my patience.

below a/the limit
The price fell below the lower limit.
The trees are found only below a limit of 1 500 feet.

beyond a/the limit
Heat levels rose beyond the recommended limits.
Fishing beyond the twelve-mile limit is not permitted.

off limits
The building is off limits to the public.
She explained it was her room and it was off limits.

on a/the limit
islands on the outer limit of the continent

outside a/the limits
lonely stretch of highway outside the city limits

over a/the limit
He'd been drinking and was well over the legal limit.

up to a/the limit
You can buy cigarettes up to a limit of 200 per person.

within a/the limit
They did well within the limits of their knowledge.
There was no school within a limit of ten miles.

within limits
The children can do what they like, within limits.

without limit
Banks may import currency without limit.

limit on
There's a limit on the number of tickets you can buy.

limit to
There's a limit to what we can do to help.

drastically, greatly, seriously, severely, sharply, significantly, strictly, substantially
effectively
These regulations effectively limit our available strategic choices.

attempt to, seek to, take steps to, try to, work to
They are working to limit oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

be designed to
The change in the law was designed to limit the scope for corruption.

agree to
serve to, tend to
Rigid job descriptions can serve to limit productivity.

refuse to
As a scientist I refuse to limit myself to these barriers.

to
The teaching of history should not be limited to dates and figures.

Limit is used with these nouns as the subject:
law, regulation, restriction, rule

Limit is used with these nouns as the object:
ability, access, ambition, amount, availability, choice, competition, damage, drinking, duration, effect, effectiveness, emission, exercise, expansion, expenditure, export, exposure, extent, freedom, growth, horizon, immigration, import, influence, intake, liability, membership, mobility, movement, number, option, participation, pollution, power, range, reach, right, risk, scope, size, spread, supply, use, usefulness, utility