Definition of "small-capitalization" []

• Of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of less than one billion dollars (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "He said small-capitalization stocks were positive for much of the session in a sign that the major indexes' downdraft was contained."
• "The small-capitalization Russell 2000 fell 13.10, or 1.7%, to 779.54."
• "The difference was even more stark between the Dow and the Russell 2000 index of small-capitalization stocks."