cap Význam & definícia

Význam cap v slovenčine

• 0 a soft flat hat that has a curved part sticking out at the front, often worn as part of a uniform

  • a shower/swimming cap

  • Davis has 17 Scottish caps (= has played for Scotland 17 times).

  • The team contains five international caps.

• 1 a small lid or cover:

  • The camera has a lens cap to protect the lens surface.

• 2 →  diaphragm

• 3 a very small amount of explosive powder in a paper container, used especially in toy guns to produce a loud noise

• 4 a limit on the amount of money that can be charged or spent in connection with a particular activity:

  • Central government has imposed a cap on local tax increases.

• 5 short for capital letters (= letters of the alphabet in the form and larger size used at the beginning of sentences and names):

  • I find myself typing angry sentences all in caps.

  • Use small caps for the subheadings.

• 6 to put a limit on the amount of money that can be charged or spent in connection with a particular activity:

  • High spending councils have all been (rate/charge) capped.

  • Our mortgage is capped at 8.75 percent for five years.

• 7 to play for your national team in a particular sport:

  • She's been capped for Scotland nine times.

• 8 to cover the top of something:

  • The mountain was capped with snow.

  • have your teeth capped (= protected with an artificial covering)

• 9 a soft, light hat, esp. one with a curved part sticking out at the front:

  • a painter’s cap

  • My uncle must have a hundred baseball caps to choose from.

• 10 a small lid or cover:

  • a pen cap

  • I can’t get the cap off this bottle.

• 11 a small amount of explosive powder on a paper roll, used esp. in toy guns to make a loud noise

• 12 to put a limit on expenses or amounts charged:

  • Our mortgage is capped for five years.

• 13 an upper limit on the amount of money that can be spent or charged in connection with a particular activity:

  • a price/salary/spending cap

  • a cap on sth They called for the government to keep the cap on public-sector spending.

  • impose/remove a cap The letter of intent defined the work to be carried out and imposed a cap on cost.

• 14 abbreviation for capitalization :

  • We are investing in companies with an average market cap of $400 million.

• 15 to put an upper limit on the amount of money that can be spent or charged in connection with a particular activity:

  • Annual expenses on each fund will be capped at 1.25%.

• 16 abbreviation for Common Agricultural Policy :

  • Reform of the CAP has focused on reducing surplus production .