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large cap

large cap

1 4.4
A company worth more than about ten billion dollars
  • noun
  • /lɑrdʒ kæp/
  • Jargon
translation icon : gran capitalización
  • Exposure is focused on the U.S. market, with the vast majority coming in the large cap segment.
  • large cap fund
  • large cap growth
  • small and large cap

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Examples

  • Energy, banking, little bit of health, you know, large cap pharma and stuff like that.

  • Well, when it comes to stocks, Morgan Stanley says that large cap stocks have not yet priced in a recession.

  • If it's some kind of a large, large cap US blue chip stocks that can weather a recession, maybe it's gold, maybe it's some other type of a real asset.

  • From an exposure perspective, the ETF does concentrate itself in large caps, holding 84 stocks in total.

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  • Now bear in mind that breadth has been exceptionally weak as large cap stocks are holding up the averages right now.

  • Investing in large cap companies can provide more stability during economic downturns.

  • Many investors prefer large cap stocks due to their established market presence and lower volatility.

  • Research shows that large cap firms tend to recover faster after market corrections compared to smaller companies.

Synonyms

giant
vslarge cap
248 3.4

A very large and powerful company or organization

focuses on market capitalization level rather than unusual strength in one sector
large corporation
vslarge cap
24 2.7

A very large company that does business in many countries

is defined by the company's market valuation threshold rather than its physical size
corporate
vslarge cap
5 4.1

A large company that is a legal business

is about market value size rather than legal form or organization type

Antonyms

small cap
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A company on the stock market with a small market value

How Big

large cap
  • Jargon
1 4.4
midcap
  • Jargon
6.3
small-cap
  • Specialized
4 7.0

Surface Forms

large cap singular
large caps plural

Morphology

large + cap

The intended sense of "cap" here is the specialized finance abbreviation for "market capitalization," which a B1 learner who only knows general senses of "cap" (hat, a limit) is unlikely to recognize. Because the MWE relies on domain-specific jargon rather than a straightforward compositional meaning, learners will not reliably infer "company with large market value" without prior exposure.

Etymology

Large cap comes from the idea of 'market capitalization', the total value of a company, and cap is a short form of 'capitalization'. Imagine a company wearing a very big cap like a hat to show its size, and that's why large cap means a company worth a lot of money and usually more stable.