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capitalize - compute the present value of a business or an income |
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calculate,
cipher,
compute,
cypher,
figure,
reckon,
work out make a mathematical calculation or computation
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overcapitalise,
overcapitalize capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant
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capitalize - write in capital letters |
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capitalise |
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write communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
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capitalize - convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital |
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capitalise |
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change,
commute,
convert,
exchange undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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overcapitalise,
overcapitalize capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant
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capitalize - draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover" |
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capitalise |
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benefit,
gain,
profit be beneficial for; "This will do you good"
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capitalize - consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses |
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capitalise |
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consider,
reckon,
regard,
see,
view regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"
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capitalize - supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders |
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capitalise |
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furnish,
provide,
render,
supply provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"
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