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Definitions: Capitalize |
CapitalizeVerb1. Draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover". 2. Supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders. 3. Write in capital letters. 4. Compute the present value of a business or an income. 5. Consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses. 6. Convert into capital, as of a company's reserve funds. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "capitalize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
Note: Capitalize \Cap"i*tal*ize\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Capitalized; present participle verb or noun Capitalizing.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Finance | (1) to supply with capital. (2) to authorize the sale of a specified amount of capital stock. (3) The accounting treatment of large expenses as part of a firm's assets. Thus, rather than treating an expense as a deduction from the income statement, it is treated as an investment and is expected to generate future income. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
For capitalize in the context of accounting, see capital expenditure.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Capitalize."
Synonyms: CapitalizeSynonyms: capitalise (v), take advantage (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Capitalize |
| English words defined with "capitalize": Capitalized, Capitalizing, cash in on ♦ overcapitalise, overcapitalize. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "capitalize": Export credit revolving fund ♦ industry fund ♦ naked option writing ♦ sector fund, speciality fund, specialized fund, special-purpose fund ♦ uncovered option writing, uncovered sale. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | NIAID has developed a comprehensive plan to capitalize on the opportunities presented by research in immune tolerance. (references) | |
Business | The mad rush to capitalize on these months often creates a herd mentality. (references) | |
American E-VAPs are determined to capitalize on their competitive advantages, in order to succeed in Europe. (references) | ||
Most major tool manufacturers plan to release their new lines in the fall to capitalize on the industry's peak Christmas selling season. (references) | ||
Economic History | Haiti | The accounting law permits foreigners to capitalize tangible and intangible assets in lieu of cash capital investment. (references) |
Ireland | Opportunities exist for U.S. suppliers to capitalize on the strong level of receptivity for U.S. drugs and pharmaceuticals. (references) | |
Ghana | The Government has announced special provisions to attract investment in the textile and garment sectors, to capitalize on AGOA. (references) | |
Political Economy | FINLAND | Finland is hoping to capitalize on its location and expertise to serve as a gateway for foreign investors in the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union and the Baltic states. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Capitalize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 91.95% of the time. "Capitalize" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 91.95% | 80 | 37,112 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.9% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.15% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 87 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "capitalize": capitalize of ♦ capitalize on. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "capitalize": re-capitalize. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
capitalize | 12 |
capitalize cost development software | 4 |
capitalize season | 3 |
capitalize development software | 3 |
capitalize power suggestion | 3 |
capitalize interest | 2 |
capitalize expense | 2 |
business capitalize company in letter name | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "capitalize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkruaj me germa të mëdha (engross). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كتب أو طبع بحرف كبير, مول (bankroll, cash, enrich, finance), حول الى رأسمال, إستفاد (avail, avail oneself of, benefit, benefit by, conclude, deduce, improve, profit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | капитализирам, влагам капитал, натрупвам капитал, правя капитал, пиша с главни букви, извличам изгода. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "大写书写 (capitalise, Capitalized, Capitalizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | realizovat (carry out, go through with, implement, realize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kapitalisere (to capitalise, to capitalize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kapitaliseren (to capitalise, to capitalize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تبدیل بسرمایه کردن , سرمایه جمع کردن , باحروف درشت نوشتن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | muuttaa pääomaksi (convert into capital). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | capitaliser (to capitalise, to capitalize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kapitalisieren, kapitalisiere. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κεφαλοποιώ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לכתוב באותיות '"ולות (engross), ל"וות (constitute), ל צל (despoil, exploit, make use of, plunder, sponge, take advantage of, trade on, use, utilize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tõkésít, nagybetûvel ír, kihasznál valamit (take advantage of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menambah kapital. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | capitalizzare (capitalise, to capitalise, to capitalize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 取り損なう (to fail to capitalize, to miss). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | とりそ"なう (to fail to capitalize, to miss). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 투자하십시" (capitalise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | screeu lesh king lettyr, gow ymmyd jeh bun-argid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apitalizecay capitalizar, tirar proveito de (play up, utilize), escrever com letra maiúscula. (various references) capitaliza (accumulate, amass), valorifica (develop, harness, improve, make capital out of, realize, reclaim, revaluate, salvage, turn to account), scrie cu majusculã, rentabiliza. (various references) капитализировать. (various references) pisati velikim slovom, kapitalisati. (various references) capitalizar (to capitalise, to capitalize). (various references) kapitalisera. (various references) ใช้อักษรตัวพิมพ์ใหญ่, ไ"้ผลประโยชน์. (various references) yararlanmak (avail oneself of smth., benefit, enjoy, impose, make use of, parlay, pass over, pass up, practice on, practice upon, practise on, practise upon, profit, profit by, put account, refer, rejoice in, take advantage of, turn to account, use, utilize), sermayeleştirmek, sermaye olarak kullanmak, katılımcı olmak, büyük harflerle yazmak, çıkar sağlamak (profit from, suck advantage out of, take advantage of). (various references) капіталізувати, наживатися, наживати капітал, починати з великої літери, перетворювати на капітал (plough back, plow back), друкувати великими літерами. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "capitalize": capitalized, capitalizes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "capitalize": overcapitalize, recapitalize. (additional references) | |
Words containing "capitalize": overcapitalized, overcapitalizes, recapitalized, recapitalizes, uncapitalized, undercapitalized. (additional references) | |
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"Capitalize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: capitali, capitaline, capitalis, capitalise, Capitaliser, capitlize, capitolize, capitulize. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "capitalize" (pronounced ka"putulī'z) |
| 9 | k a" p u t u l ī' z | recapitalize. |
| 7 | -p u t u l ī' z | hospitalize. |
| 5 | -t u l ī' z | brutalize, catalyze, compartmentalize, crystallize, departmentalize, fertilize, revitalize, tantalize, underutilize, utilize. |
| 4 | -u l ī' z | actualize, alkalies, analyze, annualize, cannibalize, caramelize, centralize, civilize, collateralize, commercialize, criminalize, decentralize, deinstitutionalize, demobilize, demoralize, denationalize, depersonalize, destabilize, editorialize, equalize, evangelize, federalize, fictionalize, finalize, formalize, fossilize, generalize, globalize, hydrolyze, idolize, industrialize, internalize, internationalize, legalize, liberalize, localize, marginalize, materialize, memorialize, metabolize, mineralize, mobilize, monopolize, moralize, nationalize, naturalize, neutralize, normalize, paralyze, penalize, personalize, professionalize, radicalize, rationalize, regionalize, renationalize, scandalize, serialize, socialize, specialize, stabilize, sterilize, symbolize, tranquilize, trivialize, vandalize, verbalize, visualize. |
| 3 | -l ī' z | butterflies, creolize, fireflies, gadflies, idealize, multiplies, realize, stylize. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-i-l-p-t-z" | |
-3 letters: aplitic, capital, ciliate, laicize, pelitic, placate, plicate, tilapia. | |
-4 letters: acetal, aecial, apical, aplite, atelic, capita, caplet, elicit, epical, italic, palace, palate, placet, plaice, plicae. | |
-5 letters: aalii, aceta, aecia, alate, apace, cilia, clapt, cleat, clept, clipt, eclat, epact, ileac, iliac, leapt, lepta, licit, litai, palea, palet, petal, pical, pieta, pilea, pilei, place, plait, plate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-i-l-p-t-z" | |
+1 letter: capitalized, capitalizes. | |
+2 letters: recapitalize. | |
+3 letters: cephalization, particularize, recapitalized, recapitalizes, uncapitalized. | |
+4 letters: cephalizations, overcapitalize, particularized, particularizes, recapitalizing, specialization. | |
+5 letters: overcapitalized, overcapitalizes, specializations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 70 69 74 61 6C 69 7A 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .--. .. - .- .-.. .. --.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110000 01101001 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101001 01111010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a p i t a l i z e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0070 0069 0074 0061 006C 0069 007A 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678275866778759271 |
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