capitalized

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪzd/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Written or printed in capital letters, or with the first letter in uppercase.; Having a specified amount of capital or financial resources; funded with capital.; Converted into capital; treated as a capital asset rather than an expense in accounting.
  2. verb
    Past tense and past participle of 'capitalize': to write or print in capital letters.; Past tense and past participle of 'capitalize': to provide with capital; to supply funds for investment or business operations.; Past tense and past participle of 'capitalize': to convert an expense into a capital asset on the balance sheet.; Past tense and past participle of 'capitalize': to take advantage of an opportunity or situation (usually followed by 'on').; Past tense and past participle of 'capitalize': to estimate the present value of a future income stream.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: capitalizes Past: capitalized Past part.: capitalized Pres part.: capitalizing

Collocations

capitalize oncapitalize on an opportunitycapitalize on the situationcapitalize on successcapitalize on a mistake

Derivatives

capitalcapitalizationcapitalismcapitalistcapitalisticrecapitalize

Synonyms

exploitleverageutilizetake advantage ofbenefit frommake the most of

Antonyms

ignoreneglectoverlooksquander

Commonly confused

capitalise
EN: 'Capitalise' is the British English spelling; 'capitalize' is the American English spelling.
capital
EN: 'Capital' is the noun/adjective form (money, city, letter); 'capitalize' is the verb meaning to take advantage of or to write with a capital letter.

Spelling tips

EN: British English uses 'capitalise' (with 's'), while American English uses 'capitalize' (with 'z'). Be consistent with your chosen variety.

💬 Examples

  1. The word 'STOP' is fully capitalized on the sign.

  2. The company is well capitalized and can weather economic downturns.

  3. The capitalized costs of the project will be depreciated over ten years.

  4. She capitalized the first letter of every word in the title.

  5. The startup was capitalized with two million dollars from venture investors.

  6. The firm capitalized the research and development costs instead of expensing them.

  7. The team capitalized on their opponent's mistakes to win the game.

  8. The analyst capitalized the expected earnings at a rate of eight percent.