CAPITAL
\kˈapɪtə͡l], \kˈapɪtəl], \k_ˈa_p_ɪ_t_əl]\
Definitions of CAPITAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in proper names and sometimes for emphasis; (printers once kept type for capitals and small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters)
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a seat of government
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wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
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assets available for use in the production of further assets
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uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
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of primary important; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"
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punishable by death; "a capital offense"
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first-rate; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"
By Princeton University
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a seat of government
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wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
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assets available for use in the production of further assets
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uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
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of primary important; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"
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punishable by death; "a capital offense"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.
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First in importance; chief; principal.
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Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.
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Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.
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The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.
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The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.
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Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.
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That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.
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Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.
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An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.
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A chapter, or section, of a book.
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See Capital letter, under Capital, a.
By Oddity Software
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Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.
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First in importance; chief; principal.
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Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.
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Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.
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The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.
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The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.
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That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.
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Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.
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An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.
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A chapter, or section, of a book.
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Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See stock, under Capital, a.
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See letter, under Capital, a.
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Of or pertaining to the head.
By Noah Webster.
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The science of utilization, distribution, and consumption of services and materials.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The chief city or town in a kingdom or state; a letter of the larger king such as is used to begin sentences, proper nouns, etc.; the sum invested in any particular business; stock or resources of any kind, moral or physical; that part of wealth which is employed in the production of more money; the top of a column or pillar.
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Punishable with death; first in importance; chief; excellent; first rate.
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Capitally.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Capitally.
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Relating to the head: involving the loss of the head: chief: principal: important.
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The head or top part of a column or pillar: the chief or most important thing: the chief city of a country: a large letter: the stock or money for carrying on any business.
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To furnish or crown with a capital, as a pillar or column. "The white column capitalled with gilding."-Charlotte Bronte.
By Daniel Lyons
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Chief; principal; deserving death; of death.
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Top of a column; chief thing; chief city; large letter; money invested in business.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Chief; principal; admirable.
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Of or pertaining to the death penalty; punishable with death.
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A chief city; the seat of government.
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A large letter used at the beginning of a sentence, of a proper name, etc. capital letter.
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Wealth employed in or available for production; resources; advantages.
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The upper member of a column or pillar.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. The head or uppermost part of a column, pilaster, &c.;—the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis;—a stock employed in trade, manufactures, &c.;—ready money;—the estimated value of a business, property, stock, &c.;—a printing type larger, and differing in form form those used in the body of the page;—the line which bisects the salient angle of a ravelin.
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Relating to the head; criminal in the highest degree; that which affects life; chief, principal; applied to letters, large, such as are written at the beginning or heads of books; Capital stock, the principal or original stock of a trading company.
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The upper part of a pillar; the chief city of a nation.
By Thomas Sheridan
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