limited liability company (plural limited liability companies )
( law ) 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.
type of company
Arabic: شَرِكَة ذَات مَسْؤُولِيَّة مَحْدُودَة f ( šarika ḏāt masʔūliyya maḥdūda )
Armenian: սահմանափակն պատասխանատվությամբ ընկերություն ( sahmanapʻakn patasxanatvutʻyamb ənkerutʻyun )
Catalan: societat de responsabilitat limitada f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有限責任公司 / 有限责任公司 ( yǒuxiàn zérèn gōngsī ) , 有限公司 (zh) ( yǒuxiàn gōngsī )
Czech: společnost s ručením omezeným (cs) f
Dutch: besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid f , besloten vennootschap , bv (nl)
Esperanto: kompanio kun limigita respondeco
Finnish: ( Oy ) osakeyhtiö (fi) , rajavastuuyhtiö (fi)
French: société à responsabilité limitée (fr) f
Georgian: შეზღუდული პასუხისმგებლობის საზოგადოება ( šezɣuduli ṗasuxismgeblobis sazogadoeba ) , შპს ( šṗs )
German: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung f , GmbH (de)
Greek: εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης (el) f ( etaireía periorisménis efthýnis )
Hungarian: korlátolt felelősségű társaság (hu)
Italian: società a responsabilità limitata (it) f
Japanese: 有限責任会社 ( ゆうげんせきにんがいしゃ, yūgen sekinin gaisha ) , エルエルシー ( eru-eru-shī ) , LLC (ja) ( LLC )
Korean: 유한책임회사 ( yuhanchaegimhoesa )
Latvian: sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību
Lithuanian: ( UAB ) Uždaroji akcinė bendrovė
Macedonian: друштво со ограничена одговорност n ( društvo so ograničena odgovornost )
Malay: syarikat liabiliti terhad
Mongolian: хязгаарлагдмал хариуцлагатай компани ( xjazgaarlagdmal xariuclagataj kompani )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: aksjeselskap (no) n
Nynorsk: aksjeselskap n
Polish: spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością (pl) f , spółka z o.o. f , sp. z o.o. (pl) f
Portuguese: ( Lda. ) limitada f , sociedade de responsabilidade limitada f
Romanian: societate cu răspundere limitată f
Russian: о́бщество с ограни́ченной отве́тственностью (ru) n ( óbščestvo s ograníčennoj otvétstvennostʹju ) , ООО (ru) n ( OOO )
Serbo-Croatian: društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću n , D.O.O.
Slovak: spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným f
Spanish: sociedad de responsabilidad limitada f
Vietnamese: công ty trách nhiệm hữu hạn (vi)