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capitalize
verb
Convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
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verb
Convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
verb
Consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
verb
Compute the present value of a business or an income
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Draw advantages from
“He is capitalizing on her mistake”
verb
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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