capitalize

cap·i·tal·ize  (kp-tl-z)

v. cap·i·tal·ized, cap·i·tal·iz·ing, cap·i·tal·iz·es

v.tr.

1. To use as or convert into capital.

2. To supply with capital or investment funds: capitalize a new business.

3. To authorize the issue of a certain amount of capital stock of: capitalize a corporation.

4. To convert (debt) into capital stock or shares.

5. To calculate the current value of (a future stream of earnings or cash flows).

6. To include (expenditures) in business accounts as assets instead of expenses.

7.

a. To write or print in capital letters.

b. To begin a word with a capital letter.

v.intr.

To turn something to one's advantage; benefit: capitalize on an opponent's error. See Synonyms at benefit.

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capi·tal·iza·ble adj.

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capitalize or -ise

Verb

[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised

1. capitalize on to take advantage of: to capitalize on the available opportunities

2. to write or print (words) in capital letters

3. to convert (debt or earnings) into capital stock

capitalization
-isation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	capitalize - draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover" take advantage, capitalise benefit, profit, gain - derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience"
	2.	capitalize - supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders capitalise furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	3.	capitalize - write in capital letters capitalise write - mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"
	4.	capitalize - compute the present value of a business or an income capitalise compute, calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computation overcapitalise, overcapitalize - estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level
	5.	capitalize - consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses capitalise consider, regard, view, reckon, see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
	6.	capitalize - convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital capitalise exchange, convert, commute, change - exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" overcapitalise, overcapitalize - capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant

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capitalize

verb sell, put up for sale, trade, dispose of

capitalize on something take advantage of, exploit, benefit from, profit from, make the most of, gain from, cash in on (informal)

Translations

capitalize [ˈkæpɪtəlaɪz] vt (COMM) (= provide with capital); capitalizar

capitalize on vt fus (fig) → sacar provecho de, aprovechar

capitalize [ˈkæpɪtəlaɪz] vt (= provide with capital) → financer

capitalize on vt fus (fig) → profiter de

capitalize [ˈkæpɪtəlaɪz] capital vt (Comm) → kapitalisieren

vi to capitalize on → Kapital schlagen aus

capitalize [ˈkæpɪtəlaɪz] vt (= provide with capital) → capitalizzare

capitalize on vt fus (fig) → trarre vantaggio da