Limitation vs. restriction?

[DINU Vasile]

Test No. incompl/advan-18 "Money Matters (1)", question 8

Under the rules laid down by the bank there is a ......... on the amount of money you can get out from a cash machine in any one day.

(a) limiting
(b) restriction
(c) restricting
(d) limitation

Test No. incompl/advan-18 "Money Matters (1)", answer 8

Under the rules laid down by the bank there is a restriction on the amount of money you can get out from a cash machine in any one day.

Correct answer: (b) restriction

Your answer was: incorrect
Under the rules laid down by the bank there is a limitation on the amount of money you can get out from a cash machine in any one day.
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Please, why "restriction" and not "limitation"?

[Torsten]

Limitation is used in connection with intangible factors such as process, time, size etc.
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[LimeLight]

Hello,

I am afraid i am still not clear about the difference between Limitation and Restriction. Does that mean restriction is used for tangible things!
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[Tamara]

Hi

Tangible-intangible?
Hmm...

Which one would be 'more right' then:

restriction of (on?) rights
or
limitation of (on?) rights?
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[Yankee]

In my opinion, the word limit would be "the most correct" for the test sentence.
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The word 'limitation' would most likely not be used in a sentence like this in American English. Instead the word 'limit' would be used. The word 'limit' would indicate a sort of figurative border beyond which you may not go.

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Tamara]

I’m a client of Barclays bank.

Let's see how they use both words in the UK.