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What is the verb for capital?

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capitalize
  1. (transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.
  2. (transitive, business, finance) To contribute or acquire capital (money or other resources) for.
  3. (transitive, finance) To convert into capital, ie to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income.
  4. (transitive, accounting, taxation) To treat as capital, not as an expense.
  5. (intransitive) To profit or to obtain an advantage.
  6. (intransitive, followed by on) To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit; to invest on something profitable.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Affiliate marketing can be a win-win proposition for online retailers hoping to capitalize on their web traffic.”
      “He explained that one could capitalize the company using either debt or equity.”
      “Many were only able to afford to buy their first home because they could capitalize the family benefit for a deposit.”
capitalise
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalize.
  2. Examples:
    1. “All have obvious, if widely differing, talents but so far none has managed to capitalise upon them.”
      “Now an East Yorkshire businessman is seeking to capitalise further on the Northern passion for the sport of kings.”
      “As their mentors did, readers can then capitalise on that currency by releasing a book that distills their own inside knowledge.”
capitalises
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitalise
  2. Examples:
    1. “If Microsoft Word's spelling checker's autocorrection feature is switched on, it capitalises the word for you.”
      “Where homework is well used, teachers ensure that it is integrated with, reinforces and capitalises on classwork.”
      “But comically, Doumbia capitalises on more uncertain defending in the box but take the ball under full control and fires waywardly.”
capitalizes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitalize
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The fingering indicated is performed easily by a student with modest hand size and capitalizes on diatonic scale patterns.”
      “When a liability is initially recorded, the entity capitalizes a cost by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived asset.”
      “With niche marketing, the grower capitalizes on the unique aspects of a product to appeal directly to certain consumers.”
capitalised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of capitalise
  2. Examples:
    1. “That results in their New Zealand business being thinly capitalised for tax purposes.”
      “Norwich capitalised on their numerical advantage by taking the lead after 56 minutes.”
      “In their second match, Navy capitalised on Air Force's slow change out of first gear with an early goal.”
capitalized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of capitalize
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Compensation cost arising from the issuance of stock options may be expensed or capitalized in the same way as cash compensation.”
      “We found more errors in normal text for correctly capitalized definite articles than for capitalized nouns at the beginning of a sentence.”
      “Direct response advertising costs are capitalized as other current assets and charged to expense in the period the events occur.”
capitalizing
capitalising
  1. present participle of capitalise
  2. Examples:
    1. “Mick Inkpen hit on the magic formula of familiarity-breeds-content well over a decade ago, and has been capitalising on it ever since.”
      “In general play, Cork achieved a lot up to the point of capitalising on their chances and this weakness was to cost them dearly in the long run.”
      “They are obviously capitalising on the generosity of the public in the wake of the tsunami disaster.”
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