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Capitalize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To use as or convert into capital.

v. To supply with capital or investment funds: capitalize a new business.

v. To authorize the issue of a certain amount of capital stock of: capitalize a corporation.

v. To convert (debt) into capital stock or shares.

v. To calculate the current value of (a future stream of earnings or cash flows).

v. To include (expenditures) in business accounts as assets instead of expenses.

v. To write or print in capital letters.

v. To begin a word with a capital letter.

verb-intransitive. To turn something to one's advantage; benefit: capitalize on an opponent's error. See Synonyms at benefit.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. In writing or editing, to write in capital letters, in upper case, either the entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof.

v. To contribute or acquire capital (money or other resources) for.

v. To convert into capital, ie to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income.

v. To treat as capital, not as an expense.

v. To profit or to obtain an advantage.

v. To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To convert into capital, or to use as capital.

v. To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.)

v. To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital.

v. To supply capital for (an enterprise), especially by selling capital stock.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To begin with a capital letter: as, to capitalize the first word of a sentence. Also spelled capitalise, and abbreviated to cap.

To convert into capital or into an equivalent capital sum.

To convert (floating debt) into stock or shares. Also spelled capitalise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. compute the present value of a business or an income

v. supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders

v. convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital

v. draw advantages from

v. consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses

v. write in capital letters

Word Usage

"The Dark Knight and other 2008 hit titles capitalize on little new release competition."

Verb Form

capitalized capitalizes capitalizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

furnish provide supply render profit

Form

capitalized capitalizing

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

undercapitalize