“cap and”

The following 4 entries include the term cap and.

cap-and-trade

adjective

: 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

cap-and-ball

adjective

: having a lock that utilizes a percussion cap to fire a separately loaded charge

cap and bells

noun

: a cap with bells attached worn by a court fool or professional jester

cap and gown

noun

: the cap and gown that together constitute academic costume


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