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cap⋅i⋅tal⋅ize

  [kap-i-tl-ahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to write or print in capital letters or with an initial capital.
2. to authorize a certain amount of stocks and bonds in the corporate charter of: to capitalize a corporation.
3. to issue stock as a dividend, thereby capitalizing retained earnings, or as settlement of an unpaid arrearage of preferred dividends.
4. Accounting. to set up (expenditures) as business assets in the books of account instead of treating as expense.
5. to supply with capital.
6. to estimate the value of (a stock or an enterprise).
–verb (used without object)
7. to take advantage of; turn something to one's advantage (often fol. by on): to capitalize on one's opportunities.
Also, especially British, cap⋅i⋅tal⋅ise.

Origin:
1755–65, Americanism; capital 1 + -ize

Related forms:
cap⋅i⋅tal⋅iz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
cap⋅i⋅tal⋅iz⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
7. profit by, exploit, utilize.
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Financial Dictionary

capitalize

To calculate the current value of a future stream of earnings or cash flows. For example, to calculate the current price at which a bond should sell, a financial analyst must capitalize the interest payments and principal repayment that will be made to the investor.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: cap·i·tal·ize
Pronunciation: 'ka-p&t-&l-"Iz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -ized; -iz·ing
1 a : to convert into capital <capitalize the company's earnings> b : to treat as a capital expenditure rather than an ordinary and necessary expense capitalized>
2 a : to compute the present value of (an income extended over a period of time) —compare AMORTIZE b : to convert (a periodic payment) into an equivalent capital sum <capitalized annuities>
3 : to supply capital for capitalized the business with her own savings>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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