English Explanatory Dictionary

cap and trade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A market-based approach to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in emissions, participating companies being assigned an emissions quota that can be traded with others if not used.

Word forms

cap and trade

Related words

carbon emissions trading carbon cost carbon footprint carbon market carbon tax petrocarbon
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