The phrase 'cap imposed on' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a limit or restriction put in place. For example, "The government has imposed a cap on the number of people allowed in public spaces at one time."
But the reports filed yesterday show that two of the four Democrats are getting close to the $5.5 million cap imposed on them for the Sept. 11 primary -- a cap they agreed to in exchange for receiving matching funds.
Michael R. Bloomberg has spent more than $20 million in the Republican mayoral primary in New York, well beyond the $5.5 million cap imposed on the mayoral candidates who have agreed to accept matching funds.
Once they know how veterans' pay varies with team starts and pro bowl appearances, they can say what a rookie who falls off the team-sheet and watches the pro bowl from the stands is really worth on the field, in dollar terms.NFL coaches are anxious to hire the best players they can without breaching the salary cap imposed on them by the league.
A recent cap imposed on the commission price casino owners pay agents who lure high-rollers to their tables could also reduce the number of big spenders in Macau.
There will also be a cap imposed on big-money donors. .
According to a 2014 study by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, interest rates on products targeting soldiers frequently soar to 300percentt or higher, far above the 36percentt interest rate cap imposed on payday lending to soldiers in 2006, thanks to loopholes in that cap.
Instead of private money, there should be more public funding, and caps imposed on expenditures, so campaigns aren't (as they currently are) an arms race of negative advertising.
Under current law, sequestration is scheduled to return in October, with caps imposed on both defense and non-defense accounts.
The Welsh Assembly, because of its limited powers in comparison with their Scottish counterparts, remained with the caps imposed on the level of tuition as established by the United Kingdom government.
But, after long and painstaking, talks, a deal was agreed that will see the earnings cap imposed only on those earning above £65,000 (a small minority of its 13,000 workers).
"Such actions have precedent," Greenspan told a New York audience in December, referring to the 2.5% cap imposed by the Fed on long-dated Treasurys between 1942 and 1951.
