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/kˈæpətəlˌaɪz/ Listen

Capitalize

verb

(past & past part. capitalized; pres. part. capitalizing)

Draw advantages from. Synonyms: capitalise, take advantage. "She took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"

Supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders. Synonym: capitalise.

Write in capital letters. Synonym: capitalise.

Compute the present value of a business or an income. Synonym: capitalise.

Consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses. Synonym: capitalise.

Convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital. Synonym: capitalise.

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"Capitalize" Quotes from Famous Books

... excited by the arrival of a capitalist from New York, whose avowed errand it was to buy a mine. Reports from Deer Creek had turned his steps thither, and all the mine owners were on the qui vive to attract the attention of the monied man. It was understood that he intended to capitalize the mine, when purchased, start a company, and work it by the new and improved methods, which had replaced the older and ruder appliances at ...

— Do and Dare - A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune • Horatio Alger, Jr.

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