cap·i·tal·ize [ káppit'l z ](past and past participlecap·i·tal·ized, present participlecap·i·tal·iz·ing, 3rd person present singularcap·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
