capitalize
to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
to authorize a certain amount of stocks and bonds in the corporate charter of: to capitalize a corporation.
to issue stock as a dividend, thereby capitalizing retained earnings, or as settlement of an unpaid arrearage of preferred dividends.
Accounting. to set up (expenditures) as business assets in the books of account instead of treating as expense.
to supply with capital.
to estimate the value of (a stock or an enterprise).
to take advantage of; turn something to one's advantage (often followed by on): to capitalize on one's opportunities.
Origin of capitalize
1- Also especially British, cap·i·tal·ise .
Other words for capitalize
7 | profit by, exploit, utilize |
Other words from capitalize
- cap·i·tal·iz·a·ble, adjective
- cap·i·tal·iz·er, noun
- non·cap·i·tal·ized, adjective
- un·cap·i·tal·ized, adjective
Words Nearby capitalize
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How to use capitalize in a sentence
The company has been working on a lot of this stuff already and clearly saw an opportunity to capitalize on it in mask form.
Inspired by the rapid development of AI tools like AlphaZero — the DeepMind program that can defeat humans at chess, Go and shogi — Szegedy’s group wants to capitalize on recent advances in language recognition to write proofs.
How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning? | Stephen Ornes | August 27, 2020 | Quanta MagazineWhile the social network remains focused on keeping its ad revenue intact as the crisis unfolds, it is also trying to capitalize on the surge in online shopping that’s currently taking place in the midst of it.
As online shopping intensifies, e-commerce marketers are becoming increasingly reliant on Facebook’s ads | Seb Joseph | August 25, 2020 | DigidayBoth countries are in deep recessions and had to try to balance the need to keep people safe with the desire to try and capitalize on a lucrative summer season.
Europe is at a turning point as COVID cases spike, and fragile governments feel the heat | Bernhard Warner | August 20, 2020 | FortuneEven though almost everybody in the league was a person whose whole life and job was to observe cultural trends and capitalize on them.
The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 20, 2020 | Freakonomics
Someone was sure to capitalize on the Ebola panic, and Dr. Joseph Alton is that guy.
With the CPRIT investigation ongoing, Lehmberg got into trouble of her own - and it seemed Perry was trying to capitalize on it.
She only likes signing controversial clients, and relishes being able to capitalize on a scandal.
Meet the PR Guru for the ‘Hot Convict,’ the Octomom, and Every Other D-List Trainwreck | Erin Cunningham | July 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“My job was to assess their fear and then harp on that fear, capitalize on that fear and get them to buy,” said Maddox, 33.
‘Degree Mills’ Are Exploiting Veterans and Making Millions Off the GI Bill | Aaron Glantz | June 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut in order to succeed, the band of ministerial mavericks needs to capitalize on their momentum.
The grocer becomes a peer of France, artists capitalize their money, vaudevillists have incomes.
Unconscious Comedians | Honore de BalzacAmong other things, it required that Clemens should not only complete the machine, but promote it, capitalize it commercially.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineI don't know just yet how much it is goin' to take to capitalize you, but here's ten dollars for an option.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman DayCrœsus was a very rich man, but he was not a capitalist, for he could do anything with his wealth except capitalize it.
Contemporary Socialism | John Raecapitalize the pronoun I, the interjection O, titles that accompany a name, and abbreviations of proper names.
The Century Handbook of Writing | Garland Greever
British Dictionary definitions for capitalize
capitalise
/ (ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪz) /
(intr foll by on) to take advantage (of); profit (by)
to write or print (text) in capital letters or with the first letter of (a word or words) in capital letters
to convert (debt or retained earnings) into capital stock
to authorize (a business enterprise) to issue a specified amount of capital stock
to provide with capital
accounting to treat (expenditures) as assets
to estimate the present value of (a periodical income)
to compute the present value of (a business) from actual or potential earnings
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