Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

small-cap

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: smal-l---cap
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

5

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Whose market capitalization is between $300 million to $2 billion.

noun

A company or stock with a small-cap market capitalization.

Example Sentences

"All stocks, even the 500 largest, did pretty well–but on average small-cap stocks did better than big-cap stocks and value stocks beat growth stocks."
"Now, before stirring small-caps into your investment cauldron, you must first thoroughly understand the ingredients and their effects."

Inflected Forms

small-caps (plural) small cap (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

micro-cap mid-cap big-cap large-cap mega-cap large cap mega cap

Synonyms

small-capitalization small-capitalisation

Questions

What does small-cap mean?: Whose market capitalization is between $300 million to $2 billion.

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