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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Designated players' wages do not count towards the MLS salary cap.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The owners are hoping to install a salary cap for the first time in history, in large part to rein in the Dodgers and their gigantic budgets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Surely a salary cap would help them, right?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Yet most will only remember that Leonard’s tenure in the City of Angels netted zero Larry O’Brien trophies and instead plenty of load management and one ongoing salary cap circumvention investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 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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