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cap·i·tal ¹  (kp-tl)

n.

1.

a. A town or city that is the official seat of government in a political entity, such as a state or nation.

b. A city that is the center of a specific activity or industry: the financial capital of the world.

2.

a. Wealth in the form of money or property, used or accumulated in a business by a person, partnership, or corporation.

b. Material wealth used or available for use in the production of more wealth.

c. Human resources considered in terms of their contributions to an economy: "[The] swift unveiling of his . . . plans provoked a flight of human capital" George F. Will.

3. Accounting The remaining assets of a business after all liabilities have been deducted; net worth.

4. Capital stock.

5. Capitalists considered as a group or class.

6. An asset or advantage: "profited from political capital accumulated by others" Michael Mandelbaum.

7. A capital letter.

adj.

1. First and foremost; principal: a decision of capital importance.

2. First-rate; excellent: a capital idea.

3. Relating to or being a seat of government.

4. Extremely serious: a capital blunder.

5. Involving death or calling for the death penalty: a capital offense.

6. Of or relating to financial assets, especially being or related to those financial assets that add to the net worth of a business: made capital improvements at the plant site.

7. Relating to or being a capital letter.

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[From Middle English, principal, from Old French, from Latin capitlis, from caput, head, money laid out; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note: The term for a town or city that serves as a seat of government is spelled capital. The term for the building in which a legislative assembly meets is spelled capitol.

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capital ¹

Noun

1. the chief city of a country, where the government meets

2. the total wealth owned or used in business by an individual or group

3. wealth used to produce more wealth by investment

4. make capital out of to gain advantage from: to make political capital out of the hostage situation

5. a capital letter

Adjective

1. Law involving or punishable by death: a capital offence

2. denoting the large letter used as the initial letter in a sentence, personal name, or place name

3. Brit, Austral & NZ old-fashioned excellent or first-rate: a capital dinner [Latin caput head]

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capital ²

Noun

the top part of a column or pillar [Old French capitel, from Latin caput head]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	capital - assets available for use in the production of further assets working capital assets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company current assets, liquid assets, quick assets - assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) stock - the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock" risk capital, venture capital - wealth available for investment in new or speculative enterprises operating capital - capital available for the operations of a firm (e.g. manufacturing or transportation) as distinct from financial transactions and long-term improvements seed money - capital needed to set up a new business or enterprise
	2.	capital - wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value endowment fund, endowment - the capital that provides income for an institution assets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company means, substance - considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means" corpus, principal sum, principal - capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
	3.	capital - a seat of government seat - a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) national capital - the capital city of a nation provincial capital - the capital city of a province state capital - the capital city of a political subdivision of a country
	4.	capital - one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters" capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters" small capital, small cap - a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
	5.	capital - a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product; "the crime capital of Italy"; "the drug capital of Columbia" centre, center - a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
	6.	Capital - the federal government of the United States Washington
	7.	Capital - a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories Das Kapital
	8.	capital - the upper part of a column that supports the entablature chapiter, cap pillar, column - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure top - the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page"
Adj.	1.	capital - first-rate; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"
	2.	capital - of primary importance; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat" primary - of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"
	3.	capital - uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script" majuscule, great uppercase - relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc"

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capital

noun 1. money, funds, stock, investment(s), property, cash, finance, finances, financing, resources, assets, wealth, principal, means, wherewithal

adjective 2. (Old-fashioned) first-rate, fine, excellent, superb, sterling, splendid, world-class

Translations

capital [ˈkæpɪtl] n (also: capital city) → capital f (= money); capital m (also: capital letter) → mayúscula

capital [ˈkæpɪtl] n (also: capital city) → capitale f (= money); capital m;

(also: capital letter) → majuscule f

capital [ˈkæpɪtl] n (also: capital city) → Hauptstadt f;

(money) → Kapital nt;

(also: capital letter) → Großbuchstabe m

capital [ˈkæpɪtl] n (also: capital city) → capitale f (= money); capitale m (also: capital letter) → (lettera) maiuscola

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capital¹

n capital [ˈkӕpitl]

1 the chief town or seat of government Paris is the capital of France. hoofstad عاصِمَه столица hlavní město hovedstad die Hauptstadt πρωτεύουσα capital pealinn پایتخت pääkaupunki capitale עִיר בִּירָה राजधानी glavni grad főváros ibu kota höfuðborg capitale 首都 수도 sostinė galvaspilsēta ibu negara hoofdstad hovedstad stolica capital ca­pi­­tală столица hlavné mesto prestolnica prestonica huvudstad เมืองหลวง başkent 首都 столиця دار الحکومت thủ đô 首都

2 (also capital letter) any letter of the type found at the beginning of sentences, proper names etc THESE ARE CAPITAL LETTERS / CAPITALS. hoofletter حَرْفٌ كَبير главна буква velké písmeno STORE BOGSTAVER der Großbuchstabe κεφαλαίο γράμμα mayúscula suurtäht حرف بزرگ iso kirjain, suuraakkonen majuscule אוֹת גְדוֹלָה बड़ा अक्षर veliko slovo nagybetű huruf kapital hástafur, upphafsstafur maiuscola 大文字 대문자, 두문자 didžioji raidė lielais burts huruf besar hoofdletter stor bokstav duża litera, wersalik maiúscula majusculă прописная буква verzálka, veľké písmeno velika začetnica veliko slovo stor bokstav, versal ตัวอักษรตัวพิมพ์ใหญ่ในภาษาอังกฤษ büyük harf 大寫字母 велика літера بڑے حروف chữ hoa 大写字母

3 money (for investment etc) You need capital to start a new business. kapitaal رأسْمال капитал kapitál penge; kapital das Kapital κεφάλαιο capital kapital سرمایه pääoma capital הוֹן पूंजी, मूलधन kapital, glavnica tőke modal höfuðstóll, stofnfé capitale 資本 자본 kapitalas kapitāls duit kapitaal kapital kapitał capital capital капитал kapitál kapital kapital kapital เงินสำหรับลงทุน kapital, sermaye 資金 капітал سرمایہ tiền vốn 资金

adj

1 involving punishment by death a capital offence. dood عُقوبَةُ الأعْدام،حُكْمٌ بِالمَوْت углавен hrdelní døds- Todes-... θανατικός (για ποινή) capital, pena de muerte surmanuhtlusega karistatav, surma- مستحق اعدام kuolemalla rangaistava, kuoleman- capital עוֹנֵש מָוֵות मृत्युदण्ड poguban főbenjáró berat sem varðar dauðarefsingu capitale 死刑の 사형에 처할 baudžiamas mirtimi sodāms ar nāvessodu kesalahan besar strafbaar met de doodstraf som medfører dødsstraff główny capital capital караемый смертью hrdelný, smrteľný (zločin) smrten kažnjiv smrću belagd med dödsstraff, döds- ที่ลงโทษถึงชีวิต cezası ölüm olan, ölüm cezalı 可處死刑的 такий, що карається найвищою мірою مستوجبِ قتل جرم án tử hình 可处死刑的

2 excellent a capital idea. uitstekend مُمْتاز، رائِع превъзходен skvělý, znamenitý glimrende; storartet großartig έξοχος excelente, brillante suurepärane عالی mahtava excellent נֶהֱדָר उत्क्रष्ठ, ब़ kapitalan nagyszerű hebat fyrirtaks, ágætur eccellente すばらしい 훌륭한 puikus lielisks cemerlang voortreffelijk storartet, ypperlig znakomity excelente excelent превосходный vynikajúci, skvelý odličen vrhunski utmärkt, ypperlig ดีเยี่ยม mükemmel 頂好的 чудовий; прекрасний نہایت شاندار ، بہت عمدہ xuất sắc 顶好的

3 (of a city) being a capital Paris and other capital cities. hoof حاضِرَه، مَدينَةٌ عاصِمَه основен hlavní hovedstads- Haupt-... πρωτεύων capital pea- عمده؛ کلان capitale לִהיוֹת עִיר בִּירָה glavni grad nagy(obb) besar höfuð- capitale 首都の 주요한 sostinės []pilsēta ibu negara hoofd- hovedstads-, hoved- stołeczny capital capitală главный; столичный hlavný glaven prestonički huvud- ที่เป็นเมืองหลวง başkent (olan) 首都 головний دارالحکومت ہونا thuộc thủ đô 首都

n ˈcapitalism

a system of economics in which money and business are controlled by capitalists. kapitalisme الرأسْماليّّه капитализъм kapitalismus kapitalisme der Kapitalismus καπιταλισμός capitalismo kapitalism نظام سرمایه داری kapitalismi capitalisme קָפִיטָלִיזֵם पूजीवाद kapitalizam kapitalizmus kapitalisme kapítalismi capitalismo 資本主義 자본주의 kapitalizmas kapitālisms kapitalisme kapitalisme kapitalisme kapitalizm capitalismo capitalism капитализм kapitalizmus kapitalizem kapitalizam kapitalism ระบบทุนนิยม kapitalizm, anamalcılık 資本主義 капіталізм سرمایہ داری chủ nghĩa tư bản 资本主义

n ˈcapitalist

a person who has much money in business concerns. kapitalis شخص شَخْصٌ رأسْمالي капиталист kapitalista kapitalist der/die Kapitalist(in) καπιταλιστής capitalista kapitalist سرمایه دار kapitalisti capitaliste קָפִּיטָלִיְסט पूंजीपति kapitalist kapitalista kapitalis kapítalisti capitalista 資本家 자본가 kapitalistas kapitālists kapitalis kapitalist kapitalist kapitalista capitalista capitalist капиталист kapitalista kapitalist kapitalista kapitalist ผู้ลงทุน kapitalist, anamalcı 資本家 капіталіст سرمایہ دار nhà tư bản 资本家

adj ˈcapitalist, *ˌcapitaˈlistic

kapitalisties رأسْمالي капиталистически kapitalistický kapitalistisk kapitalistisch καπιταλιστικός capitalista kapitalistlik وابسته به نظام سرمایه داری kapitalistinen capitaliste קָפִּיטָלִיסטִי पूजीवाद पर आधारित kapitalistički kapitalista kapitalis kapítalískur capitalistico 資本主義の 자본(가)의, 자본주의적인 kapitalistinis kapitālistisks bersifat kapitalis kapitalistisch kapitalistisk kapitalistyczny capitalista capitalist капиталистический kapitalistický kapitalističen kapitalistički kapitalistisk ที่ลงทุน kapitalizm ile ilgili 有資本主義特徵的 капіталістичний سرمایہ دارانہ tư bản chủ nghĩa 有资本主义特征的