capitalisation
World English Dictionary
capitalization or capitalisation (ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. the act of capitalizing |
| b. the sum so derived | |
| 2. | accounting the par value of the total share capital issued by a company, including the loan capital and sometimes reserves |
| 3. | the act of estimating the present value of future payments, earnings, etc |
| 4. | the act of writing or printing in capital letters |
| capitalisation or capitalisation | |
| —n | |
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| capitalisation | |
noun | |
| 1. | writing in capital letters [syn: capitalization] |
| 2. | an estimation of the value of a business [syn: capitalization] |
| 3. | the act of capitalizing on an opportunity [syn: capitalization] |
| 4. | the sale of capital stock [syn: capitalization] |
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Capitalisation
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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