Akademik

capitalise

verb

1. supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders

• Syn: ↑capitalize

• Derivationally related forms: ↑capital

• Hypernyms: ↑supply, ↑provide, ↑render, ↑furnish

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

2. draw advantages from

- he is capitalizing on her mistake

- she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover

• Derivationally related forms: ↑capitalisation, ↑capitalization (for: ↑capitalize)

• Hypernyms: ↑profit, ↑gain, ↑benefit

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s PP

3. write in capital letters

• Syn: ↑capitalize

• Hypernyms: ↑write

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

4. compute the present value of a business or an income

• Syn: ↑capitalize

• Hypernyms:

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

5. consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses

• Syn: ↑capitalize

• Derivationally related forms: ↑capital

• Hypernyms: ↑see, ↑consider, ↑reckon, ↑view, ↑regard

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

6. convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital

• Syn: ↑capitalize

• Derivationally related forms: ↑capital, ↑capital (for: ↑capitalize)

• Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑exchange, ↑commute, ↑convert

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

Useful english dictionary. 2012.