capitalisation
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Noun | 1. | capitalisation - writing in capital letters writing - letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible" |
2. | capitalisation - an estimation of the value of a business estimate, estimation - a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent" market capitalisation, market capitalization - an estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a share | |
3. | capitalisation - the act of capitalizing on an opportunity exploitation, development - the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits" | |
4. | capitalisation - the sale of capital stock overcapitalisation, overcapitalization - (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) |
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