Definition

1. Noun:
   • The sale of capital stock: The process of raising funds for a company by issuing and selling shares of stock.
   • The act of capitalizing on an opportunity: The action of taking full advantage of a situation to gain a benefit.
   • An estimation of the value of a business: The total market value of a company's outstanding shares of stock, or the sum of its equity and debt.
   • Writing in capital letters: The use of uppercase letters in writing or printing.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The company's recent capitalization raised millions for expansion. (Referring to the sale of stock.)
  • His quick capitalization on the market trend made him a fortune. (Referring to seizing an opportunity.)
  • The firm's market capitalization exceeds $10 billion. (Referring to business valuation.)
  • The capitalization of proper nouns is a basic rule in English. (Referring to the use of uppercase letters.)

Advanced Usage

• "Market capitalization": The total dollar market value of a company's outstanding shares; a key measure of a company's size.
  • Apple has one of the highest market capitalizations in the world.
• "Capitalization rate" (Cap rate): A rate used in real estate to estimate the potential return on an investment property.
  • The property's value was determined using a 7% capitalization rate.

Variants and Related Words

• Capitalize (verb): To provide capital for; to write or print in capital letters; to take advantage of.
  • The bank agreed to capitalize the new venture.
  • Remember to capitalize the first letter of each sentence.
  • They capitalized on their opponent's mistake.
• Capital (noun): Wealth in the form of money or assets; a city serving as a seat of government; an uppercase letter.
• Capitalized (adjective): Describing something written in capital letters or having received funding.

Synonyms

• Funding, financing (for the sale of stock).
• Exploitation, leveraging (for seizing an opportunity).
• Valuation, worth (for business value).
• Uppercase, majuscule (for writing in capital letters).

Related Phrases

• "Over-capitalization": A situation where a company has more capital than it needs for its operations, potentially leading to inefficiency.
  • The over-capitalization of the firm led to wasteful spending.
• "Under-capitalization": A situation where a company lacks sufficient capital to fund its operations and growth.
  • Many startups fail due to under-capitalization.

Noun

1. the sale of capital stock
2. the act of capitalizing on an opportunity
3. an estimation of the value of a business
4. writing in capital letters