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cap⋅i⋅tal⋅ize

  [kap-i-tl-ahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
Use capitalized in a Sentence
–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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cap·i·tal·ize   (kāp'ĭ-tl-īz')   
v.   cap·i·tal·ized, cap·i·tal·iz·ing, cap·i·tal·iz·es

v.   tr.
  1. To use as or convert into capital.
  2. To supply with capital or investment funds: capitalize a new business.
  3. To authorize the issue of a certain amount of capital stock of: capitalize a corporation.
  4. To convert (debt) into capital stock or shares.
  5. To calculate the current value of (a future stream of earnings or cash flows).
  6. To include (expenditures) in business accounts as assets instead of expenses.
    1. To write or print in capital letters.
    2. To begin a word with a capital letter.
v.   intr.
To turn something to one's advantage; benefit: capitalize on an opponent's error. See Synonyms at benefit.
cap'i·tal·iz'a·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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