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 Translation for 'price cap' from English to French
NOUN   a price-cap | price-caps
fin.
plafond {m} des prix
price cap
Partial Matches
vêt.
calot {m}
cap
bouchon {m} [de tube, d'encrier]cap
vêt.
casquette {f}
cap
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math.
calotte {f} sphérique
spherical cap
géogr.
cap {m} Ferrat [presqu'île située sur la Côte d'Azur]
Cap Ferrat
hist.vêt.
bonnet {m} phrygien
Phrygian cap
géogr.
cap {m} Ferret [presqu'île de Lège-Cap-Ferret en Gironde]
Cap Ferret
auto
bouchon {m} de radiateur
radiator cap
sportvêt.
bonnet {m} de bain
bathing cap
vêt.
bonnet {m} à poil
fur cap
vêt.
bonnet {m} fourrure
fur cap
bot.
coiffe {f} (radiculaire)
root cap
tech.
écrou {m} borgne
cap nut
photo.
bouchon {m} d'objectif
lens cap
bot.T
aconit {m} du groupe napel [Aconitum napellus, syn.: A. formosum]
soldiers cap
vêt.
toque {f} en fourrure
fur cap
vêt.
casquette {f} de base-ball
baseball cap
mycol.T
amanite {f} phalloïde [Amanita phalloides]
death cap
vêt.
casquette {f}
peaked cap
vêt.
casquette {f}
visor cap
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Usage Examples English
  • In April 2019, ICANN proposed an end to the price cap of org domains and effectively removed it in July in spite of having received 3,252 opposing comments and only six in favor.
  • The rate was regulated by a price-cap formula, linked to the inflation rate.
  • Npower announced in January 2019 that it would cut nine hundred jobs to save costs because of "an incredibly tough" retail energy market, and a government price cap.
  • In July 2018, E.ON announced that 500 jobs would be lost in the United Kingdom, blaming the energy price cap due to be implemented by Ofgem.
  • Ofgem refers to this mechanism as the "default tariff" price cap, to distinguish it from the "prepayment" price cap, its other energy price cap.

  • Consumer groups expressed concern about the price-cap regime, suggesting continued regulation.
  • In an industry with decreasing marginal costs and high fixed costs, it would be futile to enforce a price cap.
  • The Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Act 2018 introduced a default tariff energy price cap in England, Wales and Scotland as part of the UK's energy policy, to safeguard the 11 million households on standard variable tariffs.
  • Price-cap regulation is a form of regulation. Designed in the 1980s by UK Treasury economist Stephen Littlechild, it has been applied to all privatized British network utilities.
  • Instituted the price cap at $30,000.

  • Rates remained high through the autumn, and the Eves government was forced to re-regulate the market in November by introducing a price cap.
  • In 2017, soaring call costs for directory inquiries services, including 118118 and 118500 prompted an Ofcom review of 118 services. A price cap at 2013 rates took effect on 1 April 2019.
  • On 19 December 2022 the European Energy ministers agreed on a price cap for natural Gas at €180 per megawatt-hour aiming to stop Russia forcing European gas prices upwards.
  • Holders of Disabled Persons, HM Forces, Senior, 16–25, 26-30 National Rail Railcards and Annual Gold Cards (as of 23 May 2010) receive a 34% reduction in the off-peak PAYG fares and price cap; Railcard discounts can be loaded on at London Underground ticket machines (with help from a member of staff).
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