Slang

max out

This page is about the slang term max out

Meaning

to reach a maximum limit

For example

  • Mandy has maxed out her Visa card, so she can't use it again until she's paid off some of the money she's borrowed.

  • Our production capacity has maxed out at thirty thousand units a month, so we'll have to open another factory if we want to increase production.

Quick Quiz

If a company has maxed out its line of credit at a bank, it has borrowed

a. all the bank's money

b. all it can on that line of credit

c. all it can from banks
a) all the bank's money b) all it can on that line of credit c) all it can from banks

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Contributor: Matt Errey