Capital vs Cash - What's the difference?
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(uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
(uncountable, business, finance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
(countable) 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.
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, title= (countable) The most important city in the field specified.
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(countable) An uppercase letter.
(countable, architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
(uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
of prime importance
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Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
(British, dated) excellent
Involving punishment by death.
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uppercase
Of or relating to the head.
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Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions.
(informal) Money.
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, title= (Canada) Cash register.
(archaic) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.
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To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills.
(poker slang) To obtain a payout from a tournament.
Any of several low-denomination coins of India or China, especially the Chinese copper coin.
To disband.
As a noun capital
is capital.As a proper noun cash is
.capital
English
(wikipedia capital)Alternative forms
* capitall (obsolete)Noun
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
- Hollywood is the film capital', New York the theater '''capital''', Las Vegas the gambling ' capital .
Usage notes
The homophone capitol refers only to a building, usually one that houses the legislative branch of a government, and often one located in a capital city.Synonyms
* (An uppercase letter) caps (in the plural), majusculeAntonyms
* (An uppercase letter) minusculeAdjective
(-)- a capital article in religion
- whatever is capital and essential in Christianity
- London and Paris are capital cities.
- That is a capital idea!
- many crimes that are capital among us
- to put to death a capital offender
- Some 1,600 priests were deported, for example, while the total number of capital victims of the military commissions down to 1799 was only around 150.
- One begins a sentence with a capital letter.
- Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise / Expect with mortal pain.
Antonyms
* (uppercase) lower-caseDerived terms
* block capitals * capital asset * capital goods * capitalism * capital punishment * capital ship * economic capital * financial capital * human capital * personal capital * real capital * social capitalReferences
* ----cash
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- After you bounced those checks last time, they want to be paid in cash .
The rise of smart beta, passage=Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries
- This bank is properly a general cash , where every man lodges his money.
- £20,000 are known to be in her cash .
Derived terms
* cashback * cash box * cash cow * cash flow * cash on the barrelhead * cash point * cash register * cold cash * take the cash and let the credit goSee also
*Verb
(es)Derived terms
* cash in * cash in on * cash out * cash upEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(cash)Etymology 3
See cashier.Verb
(es)- (Garges)