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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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.
The union has long viewed a salary cap as a third rail.
Management hasn’t made a serious attempt to bring a salary cap to baseball since.
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