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Borrower's Effective Interest Rate With and Without a Caption
An option to buy a cap. At the expiration of a caption, the holder has the right to purchase a cap with a contractual strike rate for a prespecified premium. Also called Interest Rate Caption, Option on a Cap. See also Cap (1) (diagram), Caplet, Compound Option (1) (diagram).

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