capitalise

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	capitalise - supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders capitalize furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	2.	capitalise - draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover" capitalize, take advantage benefit, profit, gain - derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience"
	3.	capitalise - write in capital letters capitalize 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.	capitalise - compute the present value of a business or an income capitalize 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.	capitalise - consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses capitalize 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.	capitalise - convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital capitalize 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