CAPITALISE

capitalize, capitalise

(verb) convert (a company’s reserve funds) into capital

capitalize, capitalise

(verb) consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses

capitalize, capitalise

(verb) compute the present value of a business or an income

capitalize, capitalise

(verb) write in capital letters

capitalize, capitalise, take advantage

(verb) draw advantages from; “he is capitalizing on her mistake”; “she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover”

capitalize, capitalise

(verb) supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

capitalise (third-person singular simple present capitalises, present participle capitalising, simple past and past participle capitalised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of capitalize.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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