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Definition of Capitalise

1. Verb. Supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders.

2. Verb. Draw advantages from. "She took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"

3. Verb. Write in capital letters.

4. Verb. Compute the present value of a business or an income.

5. Verb. Consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses.

6. Verb. Convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital.

Definition of Capitalise

1. Verb. (''followed by'' '''on''') To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit. ¹

2. Verb. (context: writing editing) to make use of capital letters (a.k.a. ''upper case''). ¹

3. Verb. (business) to have, contribute or acquire capital (money or other resources) for a business. ¹

4. Verb. (finance) to convert into capital, i.e. to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income. ¹

5. Verb. (context: accounting taxation) to treat as capital, not as an expense. (This has implications for when deductions may be taken, at least under US law.) ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) : To profit or to obtain an advantage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Capitalise

1. [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capitalise

capital of the Ukraine capital of the United Kingdom capital of the United States capital of the world capital offense capital operation capital punishment capital punishments capital ship capital ships

capital stock capital surplus capitalisable capitalisation capitalisations capitalise (current term) capitalised capitalises capitalising capitalism

capitalisms capitalist capitalist economy capitalist realism capitalistic capitalistically capitalists capitalizable capitalization capitalizations

Literary usage of Capitalise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essays on Educational Reformers by Robert Hebert Quick (1890)
"We arrange sequences, capitalise ideas. nature, but man has no instinct, and is thus left to find his own way. What is the consequence? ..."

2. Essays on Educational Reformers by Robert Hebert Quick (1890)
"We arrange sequences, capitalise ideas. nature, but man has no instinct, and is thus left to find his own way. What is the consequence? ..."

3. Structural and Demographic Business Statistics 1996-2003 by SourceOECD (Online service) (2006)
"... capitalise and exploit its detailed nature. 6 The OECD has recently embarked on a study to assess the feasibility of various options which could see a ..."

4. Success in Business by William Ganson Rose (1913)
"A man may capitalise his friendships. By this is not meant that he should ... He should capitalise his influence, by putting it to use in advancing his ..."

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