Capitalize
['kæpɪtəlaɪz]
Definition
(verb.) convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital.
(verb.) consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses.
(verb.) compute the present value of a business or an income.
(verb.) write in capital letters.
(verb.) draw advantages from; 'he is capitalizing on her mistake'; 'she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover'.
(verb.) supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders.
Checked by Laurie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To convert into capital, or to use as capital.
(v. t.) To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.)
(v. t.) To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital.
Checker: Sandra
Examples
- It may be true that there are other industries of recent growth that are more highly capitalized than the motion-picture business. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The great Harburg-Vienna factories cover sixty-seven acres, are capitalized at 9,000,000 marks, and employ 3,500 hands. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The outstanding capitalized value of the plant was $814,616,004, the income for the year was nearly $185,000,000, and the people employed were 140,000. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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