capitalized

[kap-i-tl-ahyz]

cap·i·tal·ize

[kap-i-tl-ahyz] verb, cap·i·tal·ized, cap·i·tal·iz·ing.
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.
EXPAND
6.
to estimate the value of (a stock or an enterprise).
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
7.
to take advantage of; turn something to one's advantage (often followed by on): to capitalize on one's opportunities.

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Capitalized is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Also, especially British, cap·i·tal·ise.


Origin:
1755–65, Americanism; capital1 + -ize

cap·i·tal·iz·a·ble, adjective
cap·i·tal·iz·er, noun
non·cap·i·tal·ized, adjective
un·cap·i·tal·ized, adjective


7. profit by, exploit, utilize.

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