capitalise
/kə'pitəlaiz/ Cách viết khác : (capitalise) /kə'pitəlaiz/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To write or print using capital letters: To use uppercase letters for writing or printing text.
- To provide a business with capital: To supply money or financial resources to start or run a company.
- To convert into capital or treat as capital: In finance, to treat an expenditure as a long-term investment (capital asset) rather than an immediate expense, or to convert assets or reserves into capital.
- To take advantage of a situation: To gain a benefit from a particular circumstance or opportunity.
Usage and Examples
- Verb:
- Please capitalise the first letter of each sentence. (Use an uppercase letter at the beginning.)
- The investors agreed to capitalise the new startup. (They provided the necessary funding.)
- The company decided to capitalise the cost of the new machinery over five years. (They treated the purchase as a capital asset to be depreciated.)
- A good politician knows how to capitalise on public sentiment. (They know how to gain advantage from it.)
Advanced Usage
- "To capitalise on something": To use a situation or opportunity to gain an advantage for oneself.
- The team capitalised on their opponent's error to score a goal.
- In Accounting/Finance: "To capitalise an asset" means to record a cost as an asset on the balance sheet, rather than as an expense on the income statement.
- Development costs can be capitalised if certain criteria are met.
Variants and Related Words
- Capitalization (Noun): The action of writing in capital letters or providing capital.
- The capitalization of the company was insufficient.
- Capital (Noun): Wealth in the form of money or assets, or a city serving as a seat of government.
- They needed more capital to expand.
- Capitalist (Noun/Adjective): A person who invests capital, or relating to an economic system based on private ownership.
Synonyms
- Finance: Fund, back, subsidize.
- Exploit: Utilize, benefit from, take advantage of.
- Write in capitals: Put in uppercase.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Capitalise on: This is the primary phrasal construction, meaning to profit from or use something to one's advantage.
- She capitalised on her language skills to get the job.
Related Idioms
- "To make capital out of something": Similar to "capitalise on," meaning to use a situation to gain an advantage, often with a slightly negative connotation of exploitation.
- He made political capital out of the crisis.
Verb
- convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
- consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
- compute the present value of a business or an income
- write in capital letters
- draw advantages from
- he is capitalizing on her mistake
- she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover
- supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders