(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something, you put a limit on it in order to reduce it or prevent it becoming too great.
There is talk of raising the admission requirements to ~ the number of students on campus...
The French, I believe, ~ Japanese imports to a maximum of 3 per cent of their market.
= limit
VERB: V n, V n to amount
~ion
Some ~ion on funding was necessary.
= limit
N-UNCOUNT
2.
To ~ the movement or actions of someone or something means to prevent them from moving or acting freely.
The government imprisoned dissidents, forbade travel, and ~ed the press...
VERB: V n
~ion
...the justification for this ~ion of individual liberty.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If you ~ someone or their activities to one thing, they can only do, have, or deal with that thing. If you ~ them to one place, they cannot go anywhere else.
For the first two weeks patients are ~ed to the grounds.
= confine
VERB: be V-ed to n, also V n to n
4.
If you ~ something to a particular group, only that group can do it or have it. If you ~ something to a particular place, it is allowed only in that place.
The hospital may ~ bookings to people living locally...
VERB: V n to n