cap

/kæp/ verb [T] (present participle capping, past tense and past participle capped)

Definition

END › to be the last and the best or worst event in a series of events: The party capped a wonderful week.

LIMIT › to put a limit on an amount of money that can be borrowed, charged, etc: [often passive] The interest rate has been capped at 5%.

COVER › to cover the top of something: [often passive] The mountains were capped with snow.

(Definition of cap verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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