capital

[Cap·i*tal]

The federal government of the United States

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Of or pertaining to the head.

Noun
the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

Noun
a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories

Noun
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the

Noun
a seat of government

Noun
wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value

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Noun
assets available for use in the production of further assets

Adjective S.
uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"

Adjective S.
of primary important; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"

Adjective S.
punishable by death; "a capital offense"

Adjective S.
first-rate; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"

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Of or pertaining to the head.

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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.

Capital

Cap"i*tal , a. [F. capital, L. capitalis capital (in senses 1 & 2), fr. caput head. See Chief, and cf. Capital, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to the head. [Obs.]

Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise Expect with mortal pain.

2. Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.

Many crimes that are capital among us.

To put to death a capital offender.

3. First in importance; chief; principal.

A capital article in religion

Whatever is capital and essential in Christianity.

4. 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. 5. Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song. [Colloq.] Capital letter [F, lettre capitale] (Print.), a leading or heading letter, used at the beginning of a sentence and as the first letter of certain words, distinguished, for the most part, both by different form and larger size, from the small (lower-case) letters, which form the greater part of common print or writing. -- Small capital letters have the form of capital letters and height of the body of the lower-case letters. -- Capital stock, money, property, or stock invested in any business, or the enterprise of any corporation or institution. Abbott. Syn. -- Chief; leading; controlling; prominent.

Capital

Cap"i*tal , n. [Cf. L. capitellum and Capitulum, a small head, the head, top, or capital of a column, dim. of caput head; F. chapiteau, OF. capitel. See Chief, and cf. Cattle, Chattel, Chapiter, Chapter.] 1. (Arch.) 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. 2. [Cf. F. capilate, fem., sc. ville.] (Geog.) The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis. "A busy and splendid capital" Macauly. 3. [Cf. F. capital.] 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. 4. (Polit. Econ.) That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production. M'Culloch. &hand; When wealth is used to assist production it is called capital. The capital of a civilized community includes fixed capital (i.e. buildings, machines, and roads used in the course of production and exchange) amd circulating capital (i.e., food, fuel, money, etc., spent in the course of production and exchange). T. Raleing. 5. Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.

He tried to make capital out of his rival's discomfiture.

6. (Fort.) An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts. 7. A chapter, or section, of a book. [Obs.]

Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital.

8. (Print.) See Capital letter, under Capital, a. Active capital. See under Active, -- Small capital (Print.), a small capital letter. See under Capital, a. -- To live on one's capital, to consume one's capital without producing or accumulating anything to replace it.

Of or pertaining to the head.

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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Usage Examples

As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.

Education technology and school construction go together. Modernization, updating education facilities, and making a capital investment in education are all included.

After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital.

Capital isn't that important in business. Experience isn't that important. You can get both of these things. What is important is ideas.

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.

Every major food company now has an organic division. There's more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before.

After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated.

Boston is actually the capital of the world. You didn't know that? We breed smart-ass, quippy, funny people. Not that I'm one of them. I just sorta sneaked in under the radar.

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Other Usage Examples

As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too afraid to really examine the system, or is it because we really truly believe that this is the best way to deter future crime?

As President Bush has said on numerous occasions, it is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital.

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.

A woman's health is her capital.

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.

Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital.

Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.