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Verb
/ˈkapətlˌīz/,
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capitalizing, present participle; capitalised, past tense; capitalised, past participle; capitalises, 3rd person singular present; capitalizes, 3rd person singular present; capitalized, past tense; capitalized, past participle; capitalising, present participle;
  1. Take the chance to gain advantage from
    • - an attempt by the opposition to capitalize on the government's embarrassment
  2. Provide (a company or industry) with capital
    • - a highly capitalized industry
  3. Realize (the present value of an income); convert into capital

  4. Reckon (the value of an asset) by setting future benefits against the cost of maintenance
    • - a trader will want to capitalize repairs expenditure
  5. Write or print (a word or letter) in capital letters

  6. Begin (a word) with a capital letter


  1. (capitalize) draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"
  2. (capitalize) supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
  3. (capitalize) write in capital letters
  4. (capitalize) compute the present value of a business or an income
  5. (capitalize) consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
  6. (Capitalize) To treat the cost of additions and improvements to property as a capital improvement.
  7. (capitalize) To record an expense, such as deferred acquisition costs, as an asset.
  8. (Capitalize) To record an expenditure as an asset rather than as an expense. Also, it can refer to the process of contributing cash or property to the business by the owners.
  9. (Capitalize) Expenditure of substance such as buildings, equipment and other objects with a useful lifetime exceeding one year are categorized as property to be depreciated over a number of years, quite than being expensed in the year of purchase.
  10. (Capitalize) South, Southerner, nouns and adjectives designating cultural movements and styles when they are derived from proper nouns; proper names of places (Deep South, Old South, the Piedmont, Old Dominion); appellations of historical, political, economic, and cultural events (Kentucky Derby ...
  11. (Capitalize) To convert future income to current value.
  12. (Capitalize) To delay the recognition of expenses by recording the expense as a long term asset.  The assets are then reported on the year-end balance sheet.
  13. (Capitalize) To increase the total value of a corporation's equity through expenditures that increase the evaluation of property, plant, and equipment.
  14. (Capitalize) To regard the cost of an improvement or other purchase as a capital asset for purposes of determining INCOME TAX liability. To calculate the net worth upon which an investment is based. To issue company stocks or bonds to finance an investment.
  15. (capitalize) The act of classifying an expenditure as an asset, which allows the asset to be allocated (depreciated) over multiple time periods where benefit is derived.
  16. try to capitalize terms when they are the title of the page.
  17. (Capitalized) With certain loans, such as subsidized FFEL Loans, the U.S. Department of Education pays the interest that accrues on these loans while the student is enrolled at least halftime and during periods of deferment. ...
  18. (Capitalized) Recorded in asset accounts and then depreciated or amortized, as is appropriate for expenditures for items with useful lives greater than one year.
  19. (Capitalized) On some student loans, interest accrues while you are in school. You may choose to pay the interest quarterly until you graduate and enter repayment status. Or, you may opt to have the interest charges capitalized—that is, added to the principal balance. ...
  20. (Capitalized) Expended or treated as an item of a capital nature. A capitalized amount is not deductible as a current expense and must be included in the basis of property.
  21. (capitalized) Recorded as an asset. A capitalized lease is in substance a purchase to the lessee. An asset is recorded equal to the present value of the lease payments, which is also recorded as a liability. Payments, partly interest and partly principal, are made on the lease liability. ...
  22. (capitalized) the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture
  23. (Capitalizing) The names of religions should always be capitalized. This practice is almost always followed with large, established religions (e.g. Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism). But smaller, new religious movements are frequently spelled in lower case (e.g. ...