as in pill
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
I prefer to take my medicine as caps rather than in liquid form
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as in hat
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
grabbed a cap and plopped it on his head before running out
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as in limit
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
a cap on player salary expenditures was suggested as a way to keep small market teams competitive
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as in to limit
to set bounds or an upper limit for
the senator will propose a bill to cap prices for home heating oil
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Recent Examples of cap
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
State seeks cost cuts This month’s focus on cash bail caps years of growing worry, turning to shock over the cost of the nation’s prisons and jails.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Small caps Trump’s willingness to ease up on regulation and cut companies’ tax rates could give a boost to small-cap stocks.
—Lisa Kailai Han,hakyung Kim, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The tax credit had been eliminated in two bills sent from the House that were amended Tuesday in committee to keep the incentive but reduce the annual cap to $125 million, from $150 million.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
State seeks cost cuts This month’s focus on cash bail caps years of growing worry, turning to shock over the cost of the nation’s prisons and jails.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
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With federal Stafford loans capped, this could mean that students and their parents would have to increase their reliance on risky private student loan products to cover the gap between federal student aid and the cost of attendance at a college or university.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Small caps Trump’s willingness to ease up on regulation and cut companies’ tax rates could give a boost to small-cap stocks.
—Lisa Kailai Han,hakyung Kim, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cap. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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