Usually means: Constraint that restricts growth or performance.
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  1. limiting factor: Merriam-Webster
  2. limiting factor: Wiktionary
  3. limiting factor: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. limiting factor: Dictionary.com
  5. Limiting Factor, Limiting factor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. limiting factor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. LIMITING FACTOR: Accounting Glossary

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  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
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  3. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (limiting factor)

noun:  (management accounting) A constraint that limits the business from achieving a higher level of profitability.
noun:  (biology) A condition that limits the growth or abundance of a population of organisms in an ecosystem.

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