"Top out" nghĩa là gì?

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'Top out' nghĩa là đạt đỉnh và ngừng tăng (to reach an upper limit, to cease rising); ngoài ra còn có nghĩa là từ bỏ sự nghiệp khi ở đỉnh vinh quang (to give up one's career just as one becomes highly successful).

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Collectors whose budgets tend to top out at about $50,000.

Consumption of the red metal, essential in wiring up urban centers, will likely top out at 5% this year, Li Baomin, chairman of China’s largest copper producer Jiangxi Copper Co., told reporters during the congress. That is about half the average over the past decade.

The $10 improvement fee, which pays for upgrading and expansion, has been unchanged since July 2004. Even with the hike, the North Saanich facility will have one of the lowest fees among major airports in Canada, Dickson said. Improvement fees top out at $30 per person at airports in Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray and Quebec City.

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