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capitalise

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: capitalise

1
v
write in capital letters
2
v
draw advantages from
3
v
supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: capitalise
1

v write in capital letters

Synonyms:
capitalize
Type of:
write
mark or trace on a surface
2

v draw advantages from

Synonyms:
capitalize, take advantage
Type of:
benefit, gain, profit
derive a benefit from
3

v supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders

Synonyms:
capitalize
Type of:
furnish, provide, render, supply
give something useful or necessary to

v convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital

Synonyms:
capitalize
Types:
overcapitalise, overcapitalize
capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant
Type of:
change, commute, convert, exchange
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

v consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses

Synonyms:
capitalize
Type of:
consider, reckon, regard, see, view
deem to be

v compute the present value of a business or an income

Synonyms:
capitalize
Types:
overcapitalise, overcapitalize
estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level
Type of:
calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out
make a mathematical calculation or computation
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