mega cap

A form of megacap — Having a market capitalization among the very largest.

Meanings

nounmega cap (plural mega caps)

plural mega caps

  1. alternativebusinessAlternative form of megacap: a company having a very large market capitalization.

    Nearly everybody has heard of the mega cap companies, which have market caps of over $50 billion.

    2011, Sarah Fisher, Susan Shelly, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stock Investing: Become Market-Savvy and Watch Your Portfolio Soar, Penguin, →ISBN
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    But the cost of technology does its thing. Companies and people get wealthier over time. You now do have a world where certainly the mega caps like Google can join this effort.

    2021 June 11, Ezra Klein, “Sam Altman on the A.I. Revolution, Trillionaires and the Future of Political Power”, in The Ezra Klein Show (podcast), spoken by Sam Altman
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