salary cap

American  

noun

1. a maximum limit on salaries.

2. Sports. an upper limit to the combined salary of an entire team.

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Example Sentences

The NFL set the salary cap Friday at $301.2 million, an increase of $22 million from 2025.

From Los Angeles Times

Saracens were the last team to go down from the Premiership in 2020 after a heavy points deduction for salary cap breaches.

From BBC

MLB owners are gearing up to argue for a salary cap in the only major American professional sport without one.

From The Wall Street Journal

The union has long viewed a salary cap as a third rail.

From The Wall Street Journal

Management hasn’t made a serious attempt to bring a salary cap to baseball since.

From The Wall Street Journal