cap-and-trade
cap–and–trade
adjectiveDefinition of CAP-AND-TRADE
: relating to or being a system that caps the amount of carbon emissions a given company may produce but allows it to buy rights to produce additional emissions from a company that does not use the equivalent amount of its own allowance
First Known Use of CAP-AND-TRADE
1995
Browse
Next Word in the Dictionary: capape
Previous Word in the Dictionary: cap and gown
All Words Near: cap-and-trade
Previous Word in the Dictionary: cap and gown
All Words Near: cap-and-trade
Seen & Heard 
What made you want to look up cap-and-trade? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
