Other Definitions
capital (enc)
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Capital| Noun | 1. | capital - assets available for use in the production of further assetsassets - anything of material value or usefulness stock - the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock" operating capital - capital available for the operations of a firm (e.g. manufacturing or transportation) as distinct from financial transactions and long-term improvements seed money - capital needed to set up a new business or enterprise | | | 2. | capital - wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic valueassets - anything of material value or usefulness means, substance - considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means" | | | 3. | capital - a seat of governmentCamelot - (Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there seat - a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) state capital - the capital city of a political subdivision of a country Sucre - the legal capital and seat of the judiciary in Bolivia Edinburgh - the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth Cardiff - the capital and largest city of Wales capital of Latvia, Riga - a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League Baku, capital of Azerbaijan - a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production | | | 4. | capital - one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"small capital, small cap - a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters | | | 5. | Capital - a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theoriesbook - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" | | | 6. | capital - the upper part of a column that supports the entablaturepillar, column - (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure top - the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page" | | | Adj. | 1. | capital - first-rate; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students" | | | 2. | capital - punishable by death; "a capital offense"serious - concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!" | | | 3. | capital - of primary important; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"primary - of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" | | | 4. | capital - uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"uppercase - relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc" | |
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