capitalize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb draw advantages from
    take advantage; capitalise.
    • he is capitalizing on her mistake
    • she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover
  2. verb supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
    capitalise.
  3. verb write in capital letters
    capitalise.
  4. verb compute the present value of a business or an income
    capitalise.
  5. verb consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
    capitalise.
  6. verb convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
    capitalise.

WordNet

Cap"i*tal*ize transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Capitalized ; present participle & verbal noun Capitalizing
Definitions
  1. To convert into capital, or to use as capital.
  2. To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.)
  3. To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital.

Webster 1913