to cap
- verb
- /kæp/
- Should it be capped at a certain number?
- cap prices
- cap interest rates
- cap emissions
I'll make sure to cap delivery fees in the future.
- I'll make sure to cap delivery fees in the future.
- This is where the Republicans are saying we want to cap on basically all of government's choice spending.
Examples
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We learned the plaintiffs' attorneys fees were capped at 32 percent up to $400mn, above which, their fees dropped to 24 percent.
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Most runners cap it at five percent.
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I'll make sure to cap delivery fees in the future.
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Speaker, to help people struggling to make ends meet, many politicians have become convinced that we need to cap energy prices.
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Some believe Congress may cut the $10,000 amount or cap the total amount of gifts.
Academic text (1993) -
Policy File may have included more policy papers, but the interface capped results at 5,000 per search.
Academic text (2012) -
The number of representatives has been capped at 435 since the Apportionment Act of 1911.
Academic text (2018) -
The government decided to cap the price of gas to help consumers during the crisis.
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Many states have laws that cap the interest rates on payday loans.
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The school choose to cap class sizes to ensure a better learning environment.
Synonyms
To control how much or how often something happens
To reduce or control how much of something is allowed
Antonyms
Idioms
To make a big decision you cannot change that may be risky
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A thick layer of ice and snow that always covers large land areas like the poles or mountain tops
- Specialized
A company or stock with a small market value, often under one billion dollars
- US
A tight knitted wool cap that covers the head and ears, often with a point or tassel
- Specialized
A protective cover in a car engine that holds the wires to the spark plugs
- Specialized
A small cup-shaped device that fits over the cervix to prevent pregnancy
A cover for the radiator opening that holds the cooling liquid and keeps pressure
- UK
A hat with a flat round top and a stiff front that sticks out, worn by police or army
- Specialized
A small plant that lives for more than one year with a seed pod shaped like a bishop's hat
- Specialized
A screw with a finished head that you screw into a threaded hole to hold machine parts together
A very poisonous white mushroom that can kill people and is often mistaken for edible mushrooms
A small forest plant with a low leaf cluster and tiny green flowers on thin stems
- Archaic
A cone-shaped paper hat teachers put on students' heads to shame them long ago
- Specialized
A small group of cells at the tip of a plant root that protects it as it grows through soil
- US
A close-fitting knitted hat with a hanging tail or pom-pom that you wear in cold weather
A North American wildflower with orange-red spotted petals that point downward
How Restrictive
Surface Forms
Etymology
To cap as a verb comes from the noun cap, a cover; to cap something is to 'put a lid on' it, stopping more from coming. That is why to cap class size or costs means to limit them.