mid-capn.
/mɪdˈkap/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˈkæp/ Finance (originally U.S.).
A company with a capitalization in the middle range; spec. (in the United Kingdom) one that comes between the 101st and the 350th (inclusive) when companies are listed in descending order of capitalization. Frequently attributive.
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incorporation1530
acquisitor1668
private company?1711
private practice1724
public company1730
trading house1760
acquiror1789
in-company1791
public corporation1796
company1800
subsidiary company1823
proprietary company1824
stock-company1827
trust company1827
subsidiary1828
concessionaire1839
commandite1844
statutory company1847
parent company1854
mastership1868
state enterprise1886
Pty.1904
asset class1931
acquirer1950
parent1953
growth company1959
spin-off1959
non-profit1961
shell1964
not-for-profit1969
vehicle1971
spin-out1972
startup1975
greenfield1982
large-cap1982
monoline1984
small cap1984
mid-cap1988
multidomestic1989
dotcom1996
1988 Forbes 12 Dec. 288/3 Fleetwood was the only one of the 43 midcap stocks to have an unconsolidated finance subsidiary.
1991 N.Y. Times 6 June d10/3 Does America really need a new stock index..? Standard & Poor's..is betting the answer is yes. Yesterday, it introduced the S. & P. Mid-Cap 400, which is supposed to do for smaller companies what the S. & P. 500 does for larger ones.
1992 Economist 18 Jan. 89/3 Both S&P and Frank Russell have inaugurated indices for the more liquid (though not necessarily largest) smaller stocks, now dubbed ‘mid-caps’.
1997 What Investm. Mar. 104/2 Only around 40 per cent of the portfolio is in large and mid-cap stocks.
1999 Independent 3 Feb. i. 21/1 Footsie managed a mere 0.6 points gain to 6,013. The mid cap index soared 93.5 to 5,215.3.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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