Meaning & use
Capped
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Provided with a cap or covering; also, limited to a fixed maximum amount.
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Interest rates on the loan are capped at six percent.
The mountain peaks were capped with snow even in midsummer.
A note on using this word
In British sporting slang, being 'capped' means being selected to play for one's national team, a usage that dates back to the practice of awarding players an actual cap.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
(British, of an athlete) selected to play for a national team.
She was capped for England at just eighteen years old.
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