overlimit

Beyond the cap

Overlimit describes exceeding a set boundary, typically a credit limit: overlimit fees, an overlimit charge.

When you spend beyond your credit card's maximum, the account goes overlimit.

The term appears mainly in financial contexts, often as an adjective modifying penalties or as a state: The account is overlimit by two hundred dollars.

fee

surcharge

Extra fee added

assessment · billing · cost · rate · premium · levy · toll · expense · payment · overdraft

excess

overage

Amount beyond expected

overabundance · exceedance · surpass · breach · exceed · violation · threshold · cap · ceiling · maximum

restriction

cap

Covering for top

boundary · maximum · allowance · constraint · regulation · rule · policy · terms · conditions · agreement

prohibited

unauthorized

Not officially permitted

declined · denied · rejected · ineligible · restricted · flagged · frozen · suspended · revoked · cancelled

Opposites
quantity relative to capacity

overlimitbelow capacity

underbudget · shortfall · deficit · insufficient · underfilled

quantity relative to maximum

overlimitunderspent

Used less than allocated

underutilized · spare capacity

Family

over, limit, limits, limited, limiting, limiter, limiters, limitless, unlimited

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Rated G