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
Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The credit card networks limit how much businesses can charge – Visa caps surcharges at 3% while Mastercard allows a maximum of 4%.
—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2025
Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2025
Denver beat the Miami Heat in five games in the 2023 NBA Finals to cap off an impressive playoff run.
—Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
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Boosting the tax credit to 35% brings California more in line with the caps set by other states that have successfully lured Hollywood productions in recent years.
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The banking industry strongly opposed the Biden rule, which would cap overdraft fees at just $5 for banks and financial institutions with more than $10 billion in assets unless the institutions opt for a fee that merely covers their own costs or treat the overdraft payment as a loan.
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“Cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cap. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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