market cap

A form of market capitalization — The total market value of the equity in a publicly traded entity.

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Meanings

nounmarket cap (plural market caps)

plural market caps

  1. abbreviationclippingbusinessClipping of market capitalization.

    Software vendor Novell has just $500 million in revenues but a $4.1 billion market cap.

    2010, Aaron Anderson, editor, The Making of a Market Guru, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 154

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
market capitalization
Cite this entry
APA

market cap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/market%20cap

MLA

“market cap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/market%20cap. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “market cap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/market%20cap.

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