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capology

capology noun: the study or science of salary caps, the rules regulating the total amount of player compensation.

Noun

capology (uncountable)

  1. (US) The study or science of salary caps, the rules regulating the total amount of player compensation.
    • Caps create a pseudoscience, "capology," where it seems that everyone tries to avoid it.2005, Walter T. Champion, Sports Law: Cases, Documents, and Materials, page 188
    • The 'Team Payroll Range System" and the "upper limit" now require skilled "capology" as managers must calculate the "payroll room" available at particular times, familiarize themselves with the detailed accounting rules that deal with the averaging of payments and comply with other linits on...2010, John Barnes, The law of hockey, page 403

Origin of capology

From cap + -ology.

Words formed from capology

Questions about capology

What does capology mean?
Capology means the study or science of salary caps, the rules regulating the total amount of player compensation.
What part of speech is capology?
Capology is a noun.

Words near capology in the dictionary

  1. Capoids
  2. capoierista
  3. Capolago
  4. capologist
  5. capologists
  6. capology
  7. capomo
  8. capomos
  9. capon
  10. caponata
  11. caponatas

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