BOUNDS

[plural] [noun]The school declared that the town was out of bounds to its pupils (= that they were forbidden from going there).It's not beyond the bounds of possibility (= It's not impossible) that they'll win the match, but it doesn't seem very likely.Surely it cannot be beyond the bounds of human ingenuity (= it must be possible) to find a more efficient way of collecting the tax.The committee felt that newspaper coverage of the murder went beyond reasonable bounds.What you did was outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour for an employee of this company.All our trading activities are within the bounds of the law (= are legal).His desire for political power apparently knows no bounds (= seems to be unlimited).