Capitalization

//ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    American and Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalisation. countable, uncountable

    "I doubt if one of them was interested in any business the total capitalization of which exceeded a couple of hundred thousand dollars."

  2. 2
    the sale of capital stock wordnet
  3. 3
    the act of capitalizing on an opportunity wordnet
  4. 4
    an estimation of the value of a business wordnet
  5. 5
    writing in capital letters wordnet

Synonyms

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assetsavailable meansbackingbalancecapitalcapital gains distribution

Example

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"I am the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Thou shalt have no other monsters before Me. (Afterwards is OK; just use protection.) The only Monster who deserves capitalization is Me! Other monsters are false monsters, undeserving of capitalization."

Etymology

From capitalize + -ation.

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