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   Cap·i·tal

   /ˈkapədl/

   

   noun

   • 1. the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center: "Warsaw is the capital of Poland" Similar first citymost important cityseat of governmentcenter of administrationmetropolis
   • ▪ a place associated more than any other with a specified activity or product: "Milan is the fashion capital of the world"
   • 2. wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing: "rates of return on invested capital were high" Similar moneyfinance(s)fundsthe wherewithalthe meansassetswealthresourcesreservesdeep pocketsstockprincipalworking capitalinvestment capitalinformal:doughbreadlootshekelsmoolahthe necessarywadboodledibsgeltducatsrhinogravyscratchstuffoofdoshbrasslollyspondulickswongaackersthe readyreadiesdinerogreenbackssimoleonsbucksjackmazumaOscarinformal, dated:sploshgreentindated:l.s.d.informal, dated:kalerocksshinplastersarchaic:pelf
   • ▪ the excess of a company's assets over its liabilities.
   • ▪ people who possess wealth and use it to control a society's economic activity, considered collectively: "a conflict of interest between capital and labor"
   • ▪ a valuable resource of a particular kind: "there is insufficient investment in human capital"
   • 3. a letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names: "he wrote the name in capitals" Similar capital letterupper-case letterblock capitalinformal:captechnical:uncialuncial lettermajuscule letter

   adjective

   • 1. (of an offense or charge) liable to the death penalty: "murder was a capital crime"
   • 2. (of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names.
   • 3. excellent: informal, dated "he's a really capital fellow"

   exclamation

   • 1. used to express approval, satisfaction, or delight: informal, dated British "That's splendid! Capital!"

   Word Origin Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘relating to the head or top’, later ‘standing at the head or beginning’): via Old French from Latin capitalis, from caput ‘head’.

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   assets remaining after deduction of liabilities; the net worth of a business. the ownership interest in a business. any source of profit, advantage, power, etc.; an asset or assets (usually used in combination): He has the political capital to push through the legislation.

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   The very concept of capital is derived from this way of looking at things; one can say that capital, as a category, did not exist before double-entry bookkeeping. Capital can be defined as that amount of wealth which is used in making profits and which enters into the accounts. Karl Marx adds a distinction that is often confused with David ...

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   From Longman Business Dictionary cap‧i‧tal /ˈkæpətl/ noun [ uncountable] 1 money or property used to produce wealth Countries around the world are hungry for capital and economic development. → see also return on capital → customer capital → human capital → intellectual capital → social capital 2 money from shareholders and lenders that can be i...

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   [uncountable] wealth or property that is owned by a business or a person and can be invested or used to start a business. share/investment/equity capital. He had various ideas on how to raise capital for the project. a guide to investing capital in new markets. Our capital is all tied up in property.

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   adj. [ before a noun] Business of or relating to financial capital: capital investment. principal; primary: a subject of capital concern. Government chief, esp. as being the center of government: a capital city. excellent; first-rate: a capital hotel. Printing of or indicating a capital letter; uppercase: Your name begins with capital B.