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capitalize

verb

convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital

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Word length
10
Starts with
C
Ends with
E
Contains
AP
Scrabble score
23
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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verb

  1. convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital

verb

  1. consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses

verb

  1. compute the present value of a business or an income

verb

  1. write in capital letters

verb

  1. draw advantages from

    “he is capitalizing on her mistake”

verb

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

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he is capitalizing on her mistake
she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover

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