capitalize
/kə'pitəlaiz/ Cách viết khác : (capitalise) /kə'pitəlaiz/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To convert into capital: To treat a cost as a capital investment rather than an expense, or to convert a company's assets or earnings into capital.
- To write in capital letters: To write or print a letter or word using its large, uppercase form.
- To provide with capital: To supply a business or enterprise with money or assets to operate and grow.
- To take advantage of: To use a situation or opportunity to gain a benefit.
Usage and Examples
To convert into capital:
- The company decided to capitalize the cost of the new factory, spreading the expense over many years.
- They capitalized the reserve funds to finance the expansion.
To write in capital letters:
- Please capitalize the first letter of each sentence.
- The title was fully capitalized for emphasis.
To provide with capital:
- Venture capitalists helped capitalize the new tech startup.
- The business was adequately capitalized from the beginning.
To take advantage of:
- The team capitalized on their opponent's weakness to win the game.
- She capitalized on her network to find a new job.
Advanced Usage
- Capitalize on something: This is the most common phrasal construction, meaning to use something to one's advantage.
- A good politician knows how to capitalize on public sentiment.
- The company capitalized on the trend by launching a new product line.
Variants and Related Words
Capitalization (noun): The act of capitalizing or the state of being capitalized.
- The capitalization of interest increased the loan's total cost.
- Proper capitalization is important in formal writing.
Capital (noun/adjective): Relating to wealth, assets, or uppercase letters.
- They needed more capital to start the business. (noun)
- 'A' is the capital letter of 'a'. (adjective)
Synonyms
- Finance: To provide funding for (for 'provide with capital').
- Exploit: To use selfishly or for one's own ends (for 'take advantage of').
- Fund: To provide money for (for 'provide with capital').
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Capitalize on: To use a situation or opportunity to gain an advantage. This is the primary phrasal verb form.
- Entrepreneurs must learn to capitalize on emerging market opportunities.
Related Idioms
- To make capital out of something: This idiom is very similar to 'capitalize on,' meaning to use a situation to gain an advantage, often with a slightly negative connotation of exploiting misfortune.
- The newspaper tried to make political capital out of the minister's error.
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
- supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
- draw advantages from
- he is capitalizing on her mistake
- she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover