maximum possible amount

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• maximum — ▪ I. maximum max‧i‧mum 1 [ˈmæksməm] adjective [only before a noun] the maximum amount, quantity etc is the largest that is possible or allowed: • The maximum cost of the plan would be $9.7 million. • The maximum rate of income tax was cut to 35… …   Financial and business terms

• Maximum transmission unit — In computer networking, the maximum transmission unit (MTU) of a communications protocol of a layer is the size (in bytes) of the largest protocol data unit that the layer can pass onwards. MTU parameters usually appear in association with a… …   Wikipedia

• maximum — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute ▪ agreed, recommended ▪ Do not exceed the recommended maximum of twelve drops a day. ▪ legal, statutory …   Collocations dictionary

• Amount at Risk — The monetary difference between the death benefit paid by a permanent life insurance policy and the accrued cash value. For example, if a policy s death benefit is $200,000 and its accrued cash value is $75,000, then the amount at risk equals… …   Investment dictionary

• Maximum parsimony — Maximum parsimony, often simply referred to as parsimony, is a non parametric statistical method commonly used in computational phylogenetics for estimating phylogenies. Under maximum parsimony, the preferred phylogenetic tree is the tree that… …   Wikipedia

• Maximum life span — is a measure of the maximum amount of time one or more members of a population has been observed to survive between birth and death. Most living species have at least one upper limit on the number of times cells can divide. For humans, this is… …   Wikipedia

• Maximum Contaminant Level — Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) are standards that are set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for drinking water quality. An MCL is the legal threshold limit on the amount of a substance that is allowed in public water… …   Wikipedia

• maximum — ► NOUN (pl. maxima or maximums) ▪ the greatest amount, size, or intensity possible or attained. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ greatest in amount, size, or intensity. DERIVATIVES maximal adjective. ORIGIN Latin, greatest thing …   English terms dictionary

• Maximum medical improvement — (MMI) occurs when an injured employee reaches a state where his or her condition cannot be improved any further or when a treatment plateau in a person’s healing process is reached. It can mean that the patient has fully recovered from the injury …   Wikipedia

• maximum — (max.) max·i·mum || mæksɪmÉ™m n. greatest quantity or amount possible; highest capacity, most possible; height, peak, limit max·i·mum || mæksɪmÉ™m adj. greatest, most, utmost, highest …   English contemporary dictionary

• maximum — [[t]mæ̱ksɪməm[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use maximum to describe an amount which is the largest that is possible, allowed, or required. Under planning law the maximum height for a fence or hedge is 2 metres... China headed the table with maximum… …   English dictionary