capitalize

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To use as or convert into capital.
2. v. To supply with capital or investment funds: capitalize a new business.
3. v. To authorize the issue of a certain amount of capital stock of: capitalize a corporation.
4. v. To convert (debt) into capital stock or shares.
5. v. To calculate the current value of (a future stream of earnings or cash flows).
6. v. To include (expenditures) in business accounts as assets instead of expenses.
7. v. To write or print in capital letters.
8. v. To begin a word with a capital letter.
9. v. To turn something to one's advantage; benefit: capitalize on an opponent's error. See Synonyms at benefit.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To begin with a capital letter: as, to capitalize the first word of a sentence. Also spelled capitalise, and abbreviated to cap.
2. To convert into capital or into an equivalent capital sum. To convert (wealth or other property) into capital which may be used for purposes of trade, manufactures, etc.
3. To convert (floating debt) into stock or shares. Also spelled capitalise.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive In writing or editing, to write in capital letters, in upper case, either the entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof.
2. v. transitive, business, finance To contribute or acquire capital (money or other resources) for.
3. v. transitive, finance To convert into capital, ie to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income.
4. v. transitive, accounting, taxation To treat as capital, not as an expense.
5. v. intransitive To profit or to obtain an advantage.
6. v. intransitive To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To convert into capital, or to use as capital.
2. v. To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.)
3. v. To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital.
4. v. To supply capital for (an enterprise), especially by selling capital stock.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. compute the present value of a business or an income
2. v. supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
3. v. convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
4. v. draw advantages from
5. v. consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
6. v. write in capital letters