巴哈马，塞浦路斯，英国，中国香港，都存在的公司形式。向公众出售的股票形式表示所有者权益的企业，由自然人或法人所拥有。他们获取红利，但其对企业债务承担的责任以股票价格为限。

Private Company (Ltd or Pvt. Ltd.), exist in Bahamas, Cyprus, England, Hong Kong, an enterprise with ownership interests in the form of shares that are sold to the public at large, owned by natural or corporate persons (shareholders) who receive dividends but whose liability for enterprise obligations is limited to the price of the shares.

来源：国际贸易英英、英汉双解词典（经济科学出版社）