capitalize

cap·i·tal·ize

 (kăp′ĭ-tl-īz′)

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.

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cap′i·tal·iz′a·ble adj.

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capitalize

(ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪz) or

capitalise

vb (mainly tr)

1. (foll by: on) to take advantage (of); profit (by)

2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to write or print (text) in capital letters or with the first letter of (a word or words) in capital letters

3. (Accounting & Book-keeping) to convert (debt or retained earnings) into capital stock

4. (Accounting & Book-keeping) to authorize (a business enterprise) to issue a specified amount of capital stock

5. (Banking & Finance) to provide with capital

6. (Accounting & Book-keeping) accounting to treat (expenditures) as assets

7. (Accounting & Book-keeping)

a. to estimate the present value of (a periodical income)

b. to compute the present value of (a business) from actual or potential earnings

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cap•i•tal•ize

(ˈkæp ɪ tlˌaɪz)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.

1. to write or print in capital letters or with an initial capital.

2. to authorize a certain amount of stocks and bonds in the corporate charter of: to capitalize a corporation.

3. to supply with capital.

4. capitalize on, to take advantage of; turn to one's advantage: to capitalize on one's opportunities.

[1755–65, Amer.]

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capitalize

Past participle: capitalized
Gerund: capitalizing

Imperative

capitalize

capitalize

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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 The company will be capitalized at £2 million.

capitalize on something take advantage of, exploit, benefit from, profit from, make the most of, gain from, cash in on (informal) The rebels seemed to be trying to capitalize on the public's discontent.

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capitalize

verb

1. To supply capital to or for:

back, finance, fund, grubstake, stake, subsidize.

Informal: bankroll.

Idiom: put up money for.

2. To derive advantage:

benefit, gain, profit.

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Translations

kapitalisieren

capitaliser

capitalizzarefinanziarescrivere con la maiuscola

capitalize

[kəˈpɪtəlaɪz]

A. VT

1. (Fin) (= provide with capital) → capitalizar

2. [+ letter, word] → escribir con mayúscula

B. VI to capitalize on → sacar provecho de, aprovechar

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capitalize

capitalise [ˈkæpɪtəlaɪz] (British) vt

(= provide with capital) [+ company] → financer

(= convert into capital) [+ asset] → convertir en capital

capitalize on

vt fus → profiter decapital offence n → crime m capitalcapital punishment n → peine f capitalecapital reserves npl → réserves fpl et provisions fpl

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capitalize

vt

(Fin) → kapitalisieren

(Typ) word → großschreiben

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capitalize

[ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪz] vt

a. (Fin) (provide with capital) → capitalizzare

b. (word) → scrivere (in) maiuscolo

capitalize on vi + prep (fig) → trarre vantaggio da

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