Used in a Sentence

capping

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for capping.

Editorial note

If you're capping an industries carbon output into atmosphere what you are really capping is the mass of oxygen they can consume from the atmosphere.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of capping gathered in one view.

noun

The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.

noun

The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.

noun

The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for capping.

noun

The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.

noun

The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.

noun

The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.

noun

(slang, from, African-American Vernacular) Lying or exaggerating.

Example sentences

1

If you're capping an industries carbon output into atmosphere what you are really capping is the mass of oxygen they can consume from the atmosphere.

2

We currently are not capping the level of co-investment but could do so in the near future.

3

How can you put the poverty line at $21k and provide income to a disabled person capping at $8.5k?

4

You should consider making outcome valuation a flexible number, or capping the current valuation at < $1B.

5

In my experience there can be memory effects when fully capping at 80% over the years, though.

6

What's to stop a nation implementing BI from capping the number of immigrants it admits?

7

Should these hefty tanks then run on nearly inert fuel to prevent engine fires completely, capping their range at a few paltry miles?

8

Especially when a lot of the big companies are facing heat (and/or lawsuits) for artificially capping engineer salaries because they didn't want to pay more?

9

The boom/bust cycle was exacerbated by capping it at 2%.

10

In this case, they're capping as well at $40.

11

So Mayor Duggan got with insurance people and crafted a new form of Detroit insurance that would be half the cost by capping damage reimbursement at $250K.

12

Yes, we have other problems, but capping/eliminating fees would get my attention.

Quote examples

1

I personally am aware of more matching challenges and capping grants that are as I say "genuine".

2

With many freemium services capping free accounts at single-digit numbers of users, "no limit" is a reasonable way to let people know that they can stop looking for the catch.

3

That isn't the only problem either, when they do what's called "venting" there is large release of carcinogenic chemicals(although some large scale operations mitigate this by capping the vent stack to collect the gases in practice this is the exception not the rule) We are doing it in Canada as well, absolute insanity!

Proper noun examples

1

Capping it at inflation + 2-3% is a common solution.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use capping in a sentence?

If you're capping an industries carbon output into atmosphere what you are really capping is the mass of oxygen they can consume from the atmosphere.

What does capping mean?

The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.

What part of speech is capping?

capping is commonly used as noun.