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UK
/kˈæpɪtəlˌaɪz/
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VERB
- consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
- compute the present value of a business or an income
- supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
-
draw advantages from
she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover
he is capitalizing on her mistake - write in capital letters
- convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
How To Use capitalise In A Sentence
- There is no question about it; the police force was undercapitalised.
- What caught my eye about this is that it bears interesting relation to Bakhtin's concept of the dialogism of the "living word" -- in fact, capitalize that "w" and it would be downright eerie. Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning...
- US Treasury markets capitalized on the equity plunge, surging during the afternoon session.
- The chain has made the move to capitalise on the healthy eating trend. The Sun
- It would appear that they formed in order to capitalise on certain perceived economic benefits.
- His only change was to capitalise cold and war. Times, Sunday Times
- It is the most highly capitalized company in the software business and has a huge cash hoard.
- How has it managed to do all that - when other, more capitalized businesses have withered away?
- But amid competition from larger panel makers, Solyndra subsequently laid off staff and recapitalized. Clouds Overtake Solar-Panel Firm
- One adjustment is to capitalize R&D expenditures and amortize them over five years instead of expensing these investments in the year they are made.
