capping (verb)

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• capping — cap cap [kæp] verb capped PTandPPX capping PRESPARTX [transitive] 1. ECONOMICS to put a limit on the amount of money that can be charged or spent: • The total …   Financial and business terms

• charge-cap — verb [often as noun charge capping] Brit. (of a government) subject (a local authority) to an upper limit on the charges it may levy on the public for services …   English new terms dictionary

• cap — [[t]kæ̱p[/t]] ♦♦♦ caps, capping, capped 1) N COUNT: oft supp N A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys. ...a dark blue baseball cap. 2) N COUNT: oft supp N A cap is a …   English dictionary

• rate-cap — rate caps, rate capping, rate capped 1) VERB: usu passive In Britain, when a local council was rate capped, the government prevented it from increasing local taxes called rates, in order to force the council to reduce its spending or make it more …   English dictionary

• cap — I UK [kæp] / US noun [countable] Word forms cap : singular cap plural caps ** 1) a soft hat with a stiff part called a peak that comes out over your eyes a baseball cap an elderly man in a peaked cap a) a soft hat that people wear as part of a… …   English dictionary

• Graffiti terminology — A number of words and phrases have come to describe different styles and aspects of graffiti. Like all slang and colloquialisms, the phrases vary in different cities and countries. The following terminology comes primarily from the United… …   Wikipedia

• cap — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa head covering, cloak Date: before 12th century 1. a. a head covering especially with a visor and no brim b. a distinctive head… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• enamel — I. transitive verb ( eled or elled; eling or enamelling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French enameller, from en + asmal, esmal enamel, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German smelzan to melt more at smelt Date: 14th century 1. to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• handicap — I. noun Etymology: obsolete English handicap, a game in which forfeit money was held in a cap, from hand in cap Date: 1754 1. a. a race or contest in which an artificial advantage is given or disadvantage imposed on a contestant to equalize… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• CamelCase — (or camel case), also known as medial capitals,[1] is the practice of writing compound words or phrases in which the elements are joined without spaces, with each element s initial letter capitalized within the compound and the first letter… …   Wikipedia

• Glossary of architecture — This page is a glossary of architecture. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z …   Wikipedia