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daily cap

A daily cap is the highest total amount that can be charged for a telecommunications service in a single day.

In plain English

A cap is an upper limit. Here, it means there is a maximum total charge for the service within one day. No higher total can be charged for that day.

In context

Here, "daily cap" labels the maximum total charge that can apply for the telecommunications service in a single day.

Situation
Choosing mobile plans, allowances, roaming, fair-use, and add-ons
What it communicates
labels a per-day maximum in the charges section.

Meaning limits

The term alone does not say how the day is measured or which charges are included in that total.

Examples

“By evening, her calls and texts had reached the daily cap, so that day's charge stayed at £5.”

Core meaning

“This calling service has a daily cap of £5.”

In context