/ˈkæp.ɪ.təl/► audioScrabble 11Words With Friends 14
Definition
adjective first-rate.
adjective of primary importance.
adjective uppercase.
— synonyms: great, majuscule
noun assets available for use in the production of further assets.
— synonyms: working_capital
noun wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value.
noun a seat of government.
noun one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis.
— synonyms: capital_letter, uppercase, upper-case_letter, majuscule
noun a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product.
noun the federal government of the United States.
— synonyms: Washington
noun a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories.
— synonyms: Das_Kapital
noun the upper part of a column that supports the entablature.
— synonyms: chapiter, cap
Examples
“He does not have enough capital to start a business.”
“The Welsh government claims that Cardiff is Europe’s youngest capital.”
“Interpreters need a good amount of cultural capital in order to function efficiently in the profession.”