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cap·i·tal 1  
  Audio Help     /ˈkæp ɪ tl / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [kap -i-tl ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.: Tokyo is the capital of Japan.

2. a city regarded as being of special eminence in some field of activity: New York is the dance capital of the world.

3. capital letter.

4. the wealth, whether in money or property, owned or employed in business by an individual, firm, corporation, etc.

5. an accumulated stock of such wealth.

6. any form of wealth employed or capable of being employed in the production of more wealth.

7. Accounting . a. assets remaining after deduction of liabilities; the net worth of a business.

b. the ownership interest in a business.



8. any source of profit, advantage, power, etc.; asset: His indefatigable drive is his greatest capital.

9. capitalists as a group or class ( distinguished from labor ): High taxation has reduced the spending power of capital.

–adjective 10. pertaining to financial capital: capital stock.

11. principal; highly important: This guide offers suggestions of capital interest to travelers.

12. chief, esp. as being the official seat of government of a country, state, etc.: the capital city of France.

13. excellent or first-rate: a capital hotel; a capital fellow.

14. capital letter.

15. involving the loss of life: capital punishment.

16. punishable by death: a capital crime; a capital offender.

17. fatal; extremely serious: a capital error.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME; (adj.) ( capitālis of the head ( capit-, s. of caput head, + -ālis -al 1); (n.) capitāle wealth, n. use of neut. of capitālis (adj.) ] —Related forms cap·i·tal·ness, noun —Synonyms 4 . principal, investment, assets, stock. 11 . prime, primary, first. The adjectives capital, chief, major, principal apply to a main or leading representative of a kind. Capital may mean larger or more prominent; it may also suggest preeminence or excellence: capital letter, idea, virtue, etc. Chief means leading, highest in office or power: the chief clerk. Major may refer to greatness of importance, number, or quantity: a major operation, the major part of a population. Principal refers to most distinguished, influential, or foremost: principal officer. —Antonyms 11 . trivial, minor. —Usage note The noun capital 1 refers to a city or town that is the seat of government; to a capital letter as opposed to a lowercase letter; and to wealth or resources. The noun Capitol refers primarily to the building in Washington, D.C., in which Congress sits or to similar buildings used by state legislatures.

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cap·i·tal 2  
  Audio Help     /ˈkæp ɪ tl / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [kap -i-tl ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun Architecture . the distinctively treated upper end of a column, pier, or the like.

[Origin: 1250ГўВЂВ“1300; ME capitale head (n. use of neut. of L adj.) for L capitellum, equiv. to capit- (s. of caput ) head + -ellum dim. suffix ]

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cap·i·tal  1  
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n.В В 

A town or city that is the official seat of government in a political entity, such as a state or nation.
A city that is the center of a specific activity or industry: the financial capital of the world.
Wealth in the form of money or property, used or accumulated in a business by a person, partnership, or corporation.
Material wealth used or available for use in the production of more wealth.
Human resources considered in terms of their contributions to an economy: " [The] swift unveiling of his . . . plans provoked a flight of human capital" (George F. Will).

Wealth in the form of money or property, used or accumulated in a business by a person, partnership, or corporation.
Material wealth used or available for use in the production of more wealth.
Human resources considered in terms of their contributions to an economy: " [The] swift unveiling of his . . . plans provoked a flight of human capital" (George F. Will).

Accounting The remaining assets of a business after all liabilities have been deducted; net worth.
Capital stock.
Capitalists considered as a group or class.
An asset or advantage: "profited from political capital accumulated by others" (Michael Mandelbaum).
A capital letter.

adj.В В 

First and foremost; principal: a decision of capital importance.
First-rate; excellent: a capital idea.
Relating to or being a seat of government.
Extremely serious: a capital blunder.
Involving death or calling for the death penalty: a capital offense.
Of or relating to financial assets, especially being or related to those financial assets that add to the net worth of a business: made capital improvements at the plant site.
Relating to or being a capital letter.

[From Middle English, principal , from Old French, from Latin capitālis , from caput , head, money laid out ; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note : The term for a town or city that serves as a seat of government is spelled capital. The term for the building in which a legislative assembly meets is spelled capitol.

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cap·i·tal  2  
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n.В В 

Architecture

The top part of a pillar or column.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin capitellum , diminutive of Latin caput , head ; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

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capital В 
c.1225, from L. capitalis "of the head," from caput (gen. capitis ) "head" (see head ). A capital crime (1526) is one that affects the life, or the "head." The noun for "chief town" is first recorded 1667 (the O.E. word was heafodstol ). The financial sense (1630) is from L.L. capitale "stock, property," neut. of capitalis. Of ships, "first-rate, of the line," attested from 1652. Capital letters (c.1391) are at the "head" of a sentence or word. Capitalism first recorded 1854; originally "the condition of having capital;" as a political/economic system, 1877. Capitalist is 1791, from Fr. capitaliste, a coinage of the Revolution and a term of reproach.

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capital adjective 1.В  first-rate; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"В  2.В  of primary importance; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"В  3.В  uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"В  noun 1.В  assets available for use in the production of further assetsВ  2.В  wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic valueВ  3.В  a seat of governmentВ  4.В  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"В [ant: lower-case letter ]В  5.В  a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product; "the crime capital of Italy"; "the drug capital of Columbia"В  6.В  the federal government of the United StatesВ  7.В  a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theoriesВ [syn: Das Kapital ]В  8.В  the upper part of a column that supports the entablatureВ 

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capital 1 [ˈkӕpitl] noun
the chief town or seat of government Example: Paris is the capital of France.

Arabic: �¹�§�µÙÙ…ÙŽÙ‡
Chinese (Simplified): 首都
Chinese (Traditional): 首都
Czech: hlavní město
Danish: hovedstad
Dutch: hoofdstad
Estonian: pealinn
Finnish: pääkaupunki
French: capitale
German: die Hauptstadt
Greek: πρωτεύουσα
Hungarian: fГ…В‘vГѓВЎros
Icelandic: hГѓВ¶fuГѓВ°borg
Indonesian: ibu kota
Japanese: 首都

Korean: ìˆ�도
Latvian: galvaspilsēta
Lithuanian: sostinė
Norwegian: hovedstad
Polish: stolica
Portuguese (Brazil): capital
Portuguese (Portugal): capital
Romanian: ca­pi­­tală
Russian: столица
Slovak: hlavnГѓВ© mesto
Slovenian: prestolnica
Spanish: capital
Swedish: huvudstad
Turkish: baГ…Вџkent

capital 2 [ˈkӕpitl] noun
( also capital letter ) any letter of the type found at the beginning of sentences, proper names etc Example: THESE ARE CAPITAL LETTERS / CAPITALS.

Arabic: �­ÙŽ�±Ù’فٌ كَ�¨ÙŠ�±
Chinese (Simplified): 大写字母
Chinese (Traditional): 大寫字母
Czech: velkГѓВ© pГѓВ­smeno
Danish: STORE BOGSTAVER
Dutch: hoofdletter
Estonian: suurtГѓВ¤ht
Finnish: iso kirjain, suuraakkonen
French: majuscule
German: der GroГѓВџbuchstabe
Greek: κεφαλαίο γράμμα
Hungarian: nagybetГ…В±
Icelandic: hГѓВЎstafur, upphafsstafur
Indonesian: huruf kapital
Japanese: 大文字

Korean: 대문자, 두문자
Latvian: lielais burts
Lithuanian: didžioji raidė
Norwegian: stor bokstav
Polish: duГ…Вјa litera, wersalik
Portuguese (Brazil): maiГѓВєscula
Portuguese (Portugal): maiГѓВєscula
Romanian: majusculă
Russian: прописная буква
Slovak: verzálka, veľké písmeno
Slovenian: velika začetnica
Spanish: mayГѓВєscula
Swedish: stor bokstav, versal
Turkish: bГѓВјyГѓВјk harf

capital 3 [ˈkӕpitl] noun
money (for investment etc) Example: You need capital to start a new business.

Arabic: �±�£�³Ù’Ù…�§Ù„
Chinese (Simplified): 资金
Chinese (Traditional): 資金
Czech: kapitГѓВЎl
Danish: penge; kapital
Dutch: kapitaal
Estonian: kapital
Finnish: pääoma
French: capital
German: das Kapital
Greek: κεφάλαιο
Hungarian: tГ…В‘ke
Icelandic: hГѓВ¶fuГѓВ°stГѓВіll, stofnfГѓВ©
Indonesian: modal
Japanese: 資本

Korean: 자본
Latvian: kapitāls
Lithuanian: kapitalas
Norwegian: kapital
Polish: kapitaГ…В‚
Portuguese (Brazil): capital
Portuguese (Portugal): capital
Romanian: capital
Russian: капитал
Slovak: kapitГѓВЎl
Slovenian: kapital
Spanish: capital
Swedish: kapital
Turkish: kapital, sermaye

capital 1 [ˈkӕpitl] adjective
involving punishment by death Example: a capital offence

Arabic: �¹ÙÙ‚Ùˆ�¨ÙŽ�©Ù �§Ù„�£�¹Ù’�¯�§Ù…�Œ�­ÙÙƒÙ’Ù…ÙŒ �¨Ù�§Ù„مَوْ�ª
Chinese (Simplified): 可处死刑的
Chinese (Traditional): 可處死刑的
Czech: hrdelnГѓВ­
Danish: dГѓВёds-
Dutch: strafbaar met de doodstraf
Estonian: surmanuhtlusega karistatav, surma-
French: capital
German: Todes-ГўВЂВ¦
Greek: θανατικός (για ποινή)
Hungarian: fГ…В‘benjГѓВЎrГѓВі
Icelandic: sem varГѓВ°ar dauГѓВ°arefsingu
Indonesian: berat
Japanese: 死刑の

Korean: 사í�•ì— ì²�할
Latvian: sodāms ar nāvessodu
Lithuanian: baudГ…Вѕiamas mirtimi
Norwegian: som medfГѓВёrer dГѓВёdsstraff
Polish: główny
Portuguese (Brazil): capital
Portuguese (Portugal): capital
Romanian: capital
Russian: караемый смертью
Slovak: hrdelný, smrteľný (zločin)
Slovenian: smrten
Spanish: capital, pena de muerte
Swedish: belagd med dГѓВ¶dsstraff, dГѓВ¶ds-
Turkish: cezası ölüm olan, ölüm cezalı

capital 2 [ˈkӕpitl] adjective
excellent Example: a capital idea

Arabic: مُمْ�ª�§�²�Œ �±�§�¦Ù�¹
Chinese (Simplified): 顶好的
Chinese (Traditional): 頂好的
Czech: skvělý, znamenitý
Danish: glimrende; storartet
Dutch: voortreffelijk
Estonian: suurepГѓВ¤rane
French: excellent
German: groГѓВџartig
Greek: έξοχος
Hungarian: nagyszerГ…В±
Icelandic: fyrirtaks, ГѓВЎgГѓВ¦tur
Indonesian: hebat
Japanese: すばらしい

Korean: 훌륭한
Latvian: lielisks
Lithuanian: puikus
Norwegian: storartet, ypperlig
Polish: znakomity
Portuguese (Brazil): excelente
Portuguese (Portugal): excelente
Romanian: excelent
Russian: превосходный
Slovak: vynikajГѓВєci, skvelГѓВЅ
Slovenian: odličen
Spanish: excelente, brillante
Swedish: utmГѓВ¤rkt, ypperlig
Turkish: mГѓВјkemmel

capital 3 [ˈkӕpitl] adjective
(of a city) being a capital Example: Paris and other capital cities.

Arabic: �­�§�¶Ù�±ÙŽÙ‡�Œ مَ�¯ÙŠÙ†ÙŽ�©ÙŒ �¹�§�µÙÙ…ÙŽÙ‡
Chinese (Simplified): 首都
Chinese (Traditional): 首都
Czech: hlavnГѓВ­
Danish: hovedstads-
Dutch: hoofd-
Estonian: pea-
French: capitale
German: Haupt-ГўВЂВ¦
Greek: πρωτεύων
Hungarian: nagy(obb)
Icelandic: hГѓВ¶fuГѓВ°-
Indonesian: besar
Japanese: 首都の

Korean: 주요한
Latvian: pilsēta
Lithuanian: sostinės
Norwegian: hovedstads-, hoved-
Polish: stoГ…В‚eczny
Portuguese (Brazil): capital
Portuguese (Portugal): capital
Romanian: capitală
Russian: главный; столичный
Slovak: hlavnГѓВЅ
Slovenian: glaven
Spanish: capital
Swedish: huvud-
Turkish: baГ…Вџkent (olan)

capital [ˈkӕpitl] noun
in architecture, the top part of a column of a building etc

Arabic: �ª�§�¬ �¹ÙŽÙ…Ùˆ�¯�Œ �±�£�³Ù �¯Ù�¹�§Ù…ÙŽÙ‡
Chinese (Simplified): 柱顶
Chinese (Traditional): 柱頂
Czech: hlavice
Danish: kapitГѓВ¦l
Dutch: kapiteel
Estonian: kapiteel
French: chapiteau
German: das Kapitell
Greek: ГЋВєГЋВ№ГЋВїГЋВЅГЏВЊГЋВєГЏВЃГЋВ±ГЋВЅГЋВї
Hungarian: oszlopfГ…В‘
Icelandic: sГѓВєluhГѓВ¶fuГѓВ°
Indonesian: puncak
Japanese: 柱頭

Korean: 기둥 머리
Latvian: kapitelis
Lithuanian: kapitelis
Norwegian: kapitel
Polish: kapitel
Portuguese (Brazil): capitel
Portuguese (Portugal): capitel
Romanian: capitol
Russian: капитал
Slovak: hlavica (stĺpu), koruna (piliera)
Slovenian: kapitel
Spanish: capitel
Swedish: kapitГѓВ¤l
Turkish: sütun başlığı

See also: capitalism , capitalist

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capital In architecture, the top portion of a column. Note : The form of the capital often serves to distinguish one style of architecture from another. For example, the Corinthian , Doric , and Ionic styles of Greek architecture all have different capitals. [Chapter:] Fine Arts

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capital Money used to finance the purchase of the means of production, such as machines, or the machines themselves. [Chapter:] Business and Economics

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Capital 1. Financial assets or the financial value of assets such as cash. 2. The factories, machinery, and equipment owned by a business. Investopedia
Commentary Capital is an extremely vague term that depends on the context for a specific definition. In general, it refers to financial resources available for
use. Related Links A Long-Term Mindset Meets Dreaded Capital-Gains Tax Advanced Financial Statement Analysis See also: Capital Appreciation ,
Capital Asset , Capital Expenditure , Capital Gain , Capital Markets

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Main Entry: capital Function: noun 1 : accumulated assets (as money) invested or available for investment: as a : goods (as equipment) used to produce
other goods b : property (as stocks) used to create income —see also capital stock at STOCK debt
capital : capital that is raised by borrowing (as by issuing bonds or securing loans) equity capital : capital (as retained earnings) that is free of debt;
especially : PAID-IN CAPITAL in this entry fixed capital : capital that is invested on a
long-term basis; especially : capital that is invested in fixed assets legal capital : STATED
CAPITAL in this entry moneyed capital : capital that consists of or represents money that is used or invested (as by a bank or investment company) for the purpose of
making a profit on it as money —see also moneyed corporation at CORPORATION paid–in capital
: equity capital that is received in exchange for an interest (as shares of stock) in the ownership of a business risk capital : VENTURE CAPITAL in this entry statВ·ed capital : the total par value or stated value of no par
issues of outstanding capital stock called also legal capital venВ·ture capital : the initial usually paid-in capital of a new enterprise involving risk but offering
potential above-average profits called also risk capital workВ·ing capital : the capital available for use in the course of business activity: a :
current assets less current liabilities b : all capital of a business except the fixed capital 2 : NET
WORTH 3 : a city serving as a seat of government

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Main Entry: capВ·iВ·tal Function: adjective Etymology: Latin capitalis , from caput head, a person's life (as forfeit) 1 a : punishable by
death < capital murder> b : involving execution 2 Etymology: Medieval Latin capitalis chief, principal, from Latin caput
head : being the seat of government 3 : of or relating to capital; especially : of or relating to capital assets capital account>

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Capital Heights, MD Zip code(s): 20743
Capital Hill, MP (CDP, FIPS 5900) Location: 15.20010 N, 145.75183 E Population (1990): 1234 (340 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Capital Bi"ceps\, n. [L., two-headed; bis twice + caput head. See Capital .] (Anat.) A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.

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