Capital (Noun)
Meaning 1
Wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value.
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Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
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Meaning 2
The federal government of the United States.
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 4
One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 5
A book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 6
Assets available for use in the production of further assets.
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Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Examples
- The initial capital invested by the entrepreneur was used to purchase equipment and rent a small office.
- The company's capital was tied up in inventory, making it difficult to pay bills on time.
- She used her savings as capital to start a small business selling handmade crafts online.
- The capital requirement for the new project was higher than expected, forcing the company to seek outside investors.
- After years of saving, he finally had enough capital to quit his job and invest in his own business venture.
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Meaning 7
A center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product; "the crime capital of Italy"; "the drug capital of Columbia".
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Nouns denoting spatial position.
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Meaning 8
The upper part of a column that supports the entablature.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.