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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One argument he cites against a salary cap is record sale prices for teams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Nonetheless, he still counts for nearly $47 million against the Cardinals’ salary cap this season—and $7 million more next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Investigators have found that Leonard’s camp got the Clippers to agree, according to the findings of a nearly yearlong investigation by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, to audacious levels of salary cap circumvention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
An investigation found that the team had facilitated outside payments to superstar Kawhi Leonard, designed to funnel extra money beyond what the league’s salary cap allows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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 James P. Wade
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