EGAVE

capital

About 93.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Money and wealth: the means to acquire or produce goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
    He does not have enough capital to start a business.
  2. noun Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as tools and bulldozers (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
    He pointed out that it takes both labour and capital to produce goods.
  3. noun The capitalist class; capital owners considered collectively as a politically influential group — commonly represented by wealthy individuals and private institutional investors.
    The markets crashing symbolized capital’s discontent with the tax reforms passed.
  4. noun A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
    Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America.
  5. noun The most important city in the field specified.
  6. noun An uppercase letter.
  7. noun Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
    Interpreters need a good amount of cultural capital in order to function efficiently in the profession.
  8. noun The chief or most important thing.

Similar words

working capital uppercase upper case majuscule chapiter great cap upper-case letter finance asset

Often followed by

of and in stock is to gains investment punishment

Word family

capital stock capitals

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