| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To finance.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To accumulate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb capitalize.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (capitalize) | 1. Draw advantages from.[Wordnet]. 2. Supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders.[Wordnet]. 3. Write in capital letters.[Wordnet]. 4. Compute the present value of a business or an income.[Wordnet]. 5. Consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses.[Wordnet]. 6. Convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital.[Wordnet]. 7. To convert into capital, or to use as capital.[Websters]. 8. To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.).[Websters]. 9. To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital.[Websters]. 10. Base verb from the following inflections: capitalizing, capitalized, capitalizes, capitalizer, capitalizers, capitalizingly and capitalizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "CAPITALIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
Specialty Definition: capitalize
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Aerospace | To gain by turning something to an advantage; to profit from. (references) | ||
| 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) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: CAPITALIZING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Capitalizing Interest | Federal Student Aid | Adding accrued (accumulated) interest to the loan principal rather than having the borrower make monthly interest payments. Capitalizing interest increases the principal amount of the loan and, therefore, the total cost of the loan. (references) | |
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