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capitalize

cap·i·tal·ize [ káppit'l z ] (past and past participle cap·i·tal·ized, present participle cap·i·tal·iz·ing, 3rd person present singular cap·i·tal·iz·es)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb linguistics use capital letters for something: to write or print something with capital letters or an initial capital letter

2. intransitive verb benefit from something: to profit by or take advantage of something
to capitalize on an opponent's mistake

3. transitive verb finance use something as capital: to use debt or budgeted expenditure as capital for development

4. transitive verb finance something: to supply capital for a business enterprise

5. transitive verb finance authorize issue of capital stock: to authorize a business enterprise to issue a particular amount of capital stock

6. transitive verb finance exchange debt for stock: to convert a corporation's debt into shares of stock

7. transitive verb accounting treat expenses as assets: to treat an expenditure as an asset in a business account instead of as an expense

8. transitive verb finance value future income: to determine the current value of a future cash flow, earnings, or other income


cap·i·tal·iz·a·ble adjective
cap·i·tal·i·za·tion [ kàppit'li záysh'n ] noun
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