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capital | finance |

As a noun capital

is capital.

As a verb finance is

.

capital

Alternative forms

* capitall (obsolete)

Noun

  • (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.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
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  • (countable) The most important city in the field specified.
  • * 2010 September, Charlie Brennan, "Active Athletes", , ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 83:
  • Hollywood is the film capital', New York the theater '''capital''', Las Vegas the gambling ' capital .
  • (countable) An uppercase letter.
  • (countable, architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
  • (uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
  • 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), majuscule

    Antonyms

    * (An uppercase letter) minuscule

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of prime importance
  • * Atterbury
  • a capital article in religion
  • * I. Taylor
  • whatever is capital and essential in Christianity
  • Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
  • London and Paris are capital cities.
  • (British, dated) excellent
  • That is a capital idea!
  • Involving punishment by death.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • many crimes that are capital among us
  • * Milton
  • to put to death a capital offender
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 517:
  • 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.
  • uppercase
  • One begins a sentence with a capital letter.
  • Of or relating to the head.
  • * Milton
  • Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise / Expect with mortal pain.

    Antonyms

    * (uppercase) lower-case

    Derived terms

    * block capitals * capital asset * capital goods * capitalism * capital punishment * capital ship * economic capital * financial capital * human capital * personal capital * real capital * social capital

    References

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    finance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The management of money and other assets.
  • *
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=71, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= End of the peer show , passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.}}
  • The science of management of money and other assets.
  • (usually in plural) Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
  • Derived terms

    * corporate finance * financial * part-finance (verb ) * personal finance * public finance

    Verb

    (financ)
  • To provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking; to ; to support.
  • His parents financed his college education.
    He financed his home purchase through a local credit union.

    See also

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    References

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