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Word: capitalize (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • followed by ''on'' To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit.
  • intransitive To profit or to obtain an advantage.
  • accounting|taxation To treat as capital, not as an expense.
  • business|finance To contribute or acquire capital (money or other resources) for.
  • finance To convert into capital, ie to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income.
  • transitive In writing or editing, to write in capital letters, in upper case, either the entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof.

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