salary cap
Americannoun
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a maximum limit on salaries.
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Sports. an upper limit to the combined salary of an entire team.
Example Sentences
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Back in 2020, at the height of their powers, his team were relegated from the Premiership and fined more than £5m for repeated breaches of the top-flight salary cap.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Sentencing of Aspiration’s Joseph Sanberg to 14 years in prison moves the NBA closer to finishing its probe into whether the Clippers skirted the league’s salary cap.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
The top earners being restricted by a salary cap is a phenomenon that has occurred in professional sports leagues, too.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
But that oddly specific timing during a normally sleepy part of the NFL calendar owes to the league’s arcane salary cap rules.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and space forces would be required to build a team based on a salary cap.
From Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance by Wade, James P.
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