cap and trade

[ kapuhn treyd ]

/ ˈkæp ən ˈtreɪd /

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noun

a system in which organizations and countries are permitted to produce a set amount of carbon dioxide emissions and other atmospheric pollutants, with the provision that those who do not produce their entire allowance may sell their remaining capacity to those who have exceeded their allowed limit (often used attributively): a cap-and-trade program.

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Also called emissions trading .

Origin of cap and trade

First recorded in 1995–2000

Words nearby cap and trade

capacitor, capacity, capactin, cap and bells, cap and gown, cap and trade, Capaneus, cap-a-pie, caparison, capataz, cap cloud

How to use cap and trade in a sentence

This could take the form of a cap and trade market or a tax on every ton of emissions produced.
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As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
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Its graceful hotels and beautiful restaurants are totally dependent on the tourist trade.
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Each CAP, also known as an “orbit,” consists on four aircraft.
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In fact, Clark fell back first from her blows, losing his cap, tie, and badge in the melee.
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She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
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No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
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At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).
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The result of the restoration of trade, banking, and credit to earlier and more normal conditions has been steadily apparent.
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With horror she had heard her brother addressed by a disreputable costermonger in a mangy fur cap, as "Old pal."
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British Dictionary definitions for cap and trade

cap-and-trade

adjective (prenominal)

denoting a scheme which allows companies with high greenhouse gas emissions to buy an emission allowance from companies which have fewer emissions, in a bid to reduce the overall impact to the environment

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