Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Kept within certain limits; limited.
  • adjective Excluding or unavailable to certain groups.
  • adjective Available only to authorized persons.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of restrict.
  • adjective limited within bounds
  • adjective available only to certain authorized groups of people
  • adjective one of the classifications of the secrecy of an official document
  • adjective grammar qualified

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')
  • adjective subject to restriction or subjected to restriction
  • adjective the lowest level of official classification for documents

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Examples

  • If he had no say, then what's the point in using the term restricted free-agent.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • If he had no say, then what's the point in using the term restricted free-agent.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • Not only did Davis fill those shoes, he did it ... www. bostonherald.com 4 days ago - len Davis now understands why the term restricted free agent is an oxymoron.

    BallHype - Top Sports News, Videos, and Blogs 2009

  • It is quite easy to declare Lil Kim unladylike because that is a term restricted for white females.

    Always A Tramp: Lil Kim On Dancing With The Stars Renee 2009

  • It is quite easy to declare Lil Kim unladylike because that is a term restricted for white females.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Renee 2009

  • Sir W. Hamilton has discussed how far we can be said to be conscious of the outer objects which we know, and how far "consciousness" ought to be held a term restricted to states of self or self-consciousness.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • The de facto Israeli strategy has been and remains to give Palestinians relative freedom in Area A, around the West Bank’s cities, while locking down "Area C" -- 60% of the West Bank -- for the use of the Jewish settlements and for what are called "restricted military areas."

    Sandy Tolan: It's the Occupation, Stupid Sandy Tolan 2011

  • I am allowed to own property in restricted areas, vote, work, and be free of constant supervision from gov't agents.

    Mexican citizenship test--fun! 2009

  • Chief Executive Robert Benmosche will get cash and stock valued at $10.5 million, unchanged from a year earlier, though the Treasury's Office of the Special Master allowed the company to stop paying a portion of the compensation in long-term restricted stock units that don't vest for three years.

    Pay for Top AIG Executives To Fall 2% in 2011 Erik Holm 2011

  • I am allowed to own property in restricted areas, vote, work, and be free of constant supervision from gov't agents.

    Mexican citizenship test--fun! 2009

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