"caplet" meaning in English

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        "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."
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          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "tablet shaped like a capsule",
          "word": "kaplet"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kapsákio",
          "sense": "tablet shaped like a capsule",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "καψάκιο"
        },
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "tablet shaped like a capsule",
          "word": "kaplet"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "caplet"
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        "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."
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        "(finance) 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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "tablet shaped like a capsule",
      "word": "kaplet"
    },
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kapsákio",
      "sense": "tablet shaped like a capsule",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "καψάκιο"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "tablet shaped like a capsule",
      "word": "kaplet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caplet"
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        "(finance) 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."
      ],
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