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Definition of British capital
1. Noun. The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center.
Terms within: Big Ben, Newgate, Tower Of London, Old Bailey, Fleet Street, Harley Street, Lombard Street, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, City Of London, The City, Greenwich, Bloomsbury, Soho, Wembley, West End, City Of Westminster, Westminster, Pall Mall, Wimbledon
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: England
Member holonyms: Londoner
Derivative terms: Londoner
Lexicographical Neighbors of British Capital
Literary usage of British capital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Export of Capital by Charles Kenneth Hobson (1914)
"If British capital were prevented from entering a particular occupation abroad,
... British capital would flow to a less attractive occupation, ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"... but the important words,” by the Author of the Modern Athens,” which conic
after “British capital,” have been omitted by the cataloguer, thus leading us ..."
3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1849)
"It will thus be seen, that through the combination of British capital and skill,
... So much for the productiveness of British capital in manufacturing ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1849)
"It will thus be seen, that through the combination of British capital and skill,
... So much for the productiveness of British capital in manufacturing ..."
5. Mexico's Treasure House (Guanajuato): An Illustrated and Descriptive Account by Percy Falcke Martin (1906)
"British capital in Guanajuato Mines and Mexico Generally.—Two Great Concerns,
one Dead and the other Dying.—Some Defective Management of By-gone Times. ..."
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