Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The practice or act of capitalizing.
- n. The sum that results from capitalizing.
- n. The amounts and types of long-term financing used by a firm, including common stock, preferred stock, retained earnings, and long-term debt.
- n. The total par value or stated value of no-par capital stock issues.
- n. The use of capital letters in writing or printing.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The use of capital letters at the beginning of words in writing or printing. Also spelled capitalisation.
- n. The act of capitalizing. The application of wealth as capital, especially in large amounts, to the purposes of trade, manufactures, etc.
- n. The act of computing or realizing the present value of a periodical payment. Conversion into capital: as, the creditors consented to the capitalization of half their claims. Also spelled capitalisation.
Wiktionary
- n. North America Alternative form of capitalisation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act or process of capitalizing.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of capitalizing on an opportunity
- n. an estimation of the value of a business
- n. the sale of capital stock
- n. writing in capital letters
Etymologies
- capitalize + -ation. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But the crucial difficulty, I suspect, was a lack of long-term capitalization, which is to say, investment by deep-pocketed liberal supporters.”
“Tax protesters are fond of pointing out that the 16th Amendment as ratified by the various states was not perfectly uniform in capitalization and punctuation practices, the Secretary of State found that none of these variations materially affected the meaning of the Amendment and certified it.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Error in Many Versions of the United States Constitution
“In “Our Forgotten Constitution: A Bicentennial Comment,” 97 Yale L.J. 281 (1987), Akhil Amar shows that the printed copy of the Constitution that was distributed to the states for ratification, differed in punctuation, spelling and capitalization from the engrossed (handwritten) parchment signed by the delegates to the Convention in Philadelphia, which is the version now enshrined in the National Archives.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Error in Many Versions of the United States Constitution
“Latto: In “Our Forgotten Constitution: A Bicentennial Comment,” 97 Yale L.J. 281 (1987), Akhil Amar shows that the printed copy of the Constitution that was distributed to the states for ratification, differed in punctuation, spelling and capitalization from the engrossed (handwritten) parchment signed by the delegates to the Convention in Philadelphia, which is the version now enshrined in the National Archives.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Error in Many Versions of the United States Constitution
“Extending your pinkie finger and hitting that “Shift” key, resulting in capitalization of the first letter of a sentence. again, and thank you for another fine example of your pathetic deductive reasoning skills.”
Think Progress » Rush Limbaugh: ‘I love the women’s movement — especially when walking behind it.’
“Also, the planned capital increase, which amounts to more than 15% of BBVA's € 33 billion market capitalization, is a reason for concern, analysts say.”
“The planned capital increase, which amounts to more than 15% of BBVA's € 33 billion market capitalization, is a reason for concern, analysts say.”
The Wall Street Journal: Spain's BBVA to Buy Stake in Garanti for $5.84 Billion
“Each announcement of a record hot year causes energy stocks across the board drop by 3% (which, given the size of their market capitalization, is a huge loss of value).”
“The market capitalization is expected to be about 5.8 billion ringgit.”
“So the first step could be to use the “stress test” to prove that capitalization is so low that the government can replace management.”
Matthew Yglesias » Needed: Less Talking About Nationalization, More Action
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