small-cap

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [smawl kap]
- /smɔl kæp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [smawl kap]
- /smɔl kæp/

Definitions of small-cap word

adjective small-cap designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of under $1 billion: considered to have more growth potential and higher investment risk. 1
noun small-cap a capital letter of a particular font, the same height as the x-high letters. 1
adjective small-cap A small-cap company or stock is a company or stock that is worth under $1 billion. 0

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Origin of small-cap

First appearance:

before 1760

One of the 46% newest English words

First recorded in 1760-70

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Parts of speech for Small-cap

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Small-cap

small-cap popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.