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caplets

caplets is the plural of caplet.

Meaning of caplet

Noun (1)

caplet (plural caplets)

  1. A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.

Noun (2)

caplet (plural caplets)

  1. A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.

Questions about caplets

What is caplets the plural of?
Caplets is the plural of caplet.

Words near caplets in the dictionary

  1. caple
  2. caples
  3. capless
  4. caplessness
  5. caplet
  6. caplets
  7. caplike
  8. caplin
  9. capline
  10. caplines
  11. capling

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