capital¹ /kapˈi-təl/

1. The chief or most important thing
2. The chief town or seat of government
3. A capital letter
4. The property and equipment and/or money used for carrying on a business
5. Money invested or lent at interest
6. Capitalists collectively, or their political and economic influence and interests
7. Any advantage used as a means of gaining further advantages

1. Main, principal, most important
2. Excellent (informal)
3. (of a letter) of the form or size which begins a sentence or name, upper-case
4. Relating to the head
5. Relating to capital
6. Involving or punishable by the death penalty
7. Placed at the head

Excellent

capˈitalism noun

1. The condition of possessing capital or wealth
2. The economic system which is driven by the profit-motive and depends on investment of private capital to provide the means of production, distribution and exchange

capˈitalist noun and adjective

1. (a person) owning capital, esp when invested for profit in business
2. (a person) advocating capitalism as an economic system

capitalistˈic adjective

capitalīzāˈtion or capitalīsāˈtion noun

capˈitalize or capˈitalise transitive verb

1. To provide with capital
2. To convert into capital or money
3. To turn to account
4. To print or write with capital letters or an initial capital letter

To turn to one's advantage, to profit from (with on)

capˈitally adverb

1. Chiefly
2. Principally
3. Excellently (informal)
4. By capital punishment

capital account noun

1. A financial statement showing the value of a company, calculated by deducting total liabilities from total assets to give a net value
2. An account of fixed assets (US)

capital assets plural noun

Fixed assets

capital cross noun

A Greek cross with terminations like Tuscan capitals

capital expenditure noun

1. Spending on capital assets
2. Expenditure from which benefits may be expected in the long term

capital gains plural noun

Profits from the sale of bonds or other assets

capital gains tax noun

A tax levied on the profit made on the sale of assets

capital goods plural noun

Goods to be used in production of other goods, not for sale to consumers

capital-intensˈive adjective

Requiring a comparatively large amount of capital relative to the amount of labour involved

capitalization issue noun

An issue of shares given free by a company to its shareholders (in proportion to the size of their holdings) in order to capitalize reserves, a bonus issue

capital levy noun

A tax on capital or the profit derived from the sale of property, etc, as opposed to a tax on earned income

capital maintenance noun (accounting)

The principle that profit is made only after preserving the value of the capital invested in the company

capital murder noun

A murder involving the death penalty

capital offence noun

A crime punishable by the death penalty

capital punishment noun

The death penalty

capital ship noun

A warship of the largest and most heavily armoured class in a fleet

capital sin noun (obsolete)

Deadly sin

capital sum noun

A lump sum payable on an insurance policy

capital territory noun

The part of a country in which the capital city is situated

capital transfer tax noun

A tax payable on gifts of money or property over a certain value, made either during the lifetime of the giver or after his or her death, replaced in 1986 by inheritance tax

circulating or floating capital (old)

Working capital

fixed capital (business)

Assets having a working life of more than one year, such as buildings, machines, tools, etc

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