small-cap

1. 1.

   of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of less than one billion dollars

   Synonymssmall-capitalizationsmall-capitalisation

Questions about small-cap

What does small-cap mean?

small-cap means "of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of less than one billion dollars".

How many syllables are in small-cap?

small-cap has 2 syllables: small--cap. The stress falls on "small-".

What is another word for small-cap?

Close synonyms include small-capitalization, small-capitalisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is small-cap a common word?

small-cap is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.