Capital Definition
- profit by
- get advantage from
- make-the-most-of
- majuscule
- exploit
- uppercase
- initial
- principal city
- seat-of-government
- metropolis
- venture capital
- principal
- resources
- assets
- working capital
Other Word Forms of Capital
Noun
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Capital
- make capital of
Origin of Capital
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From Latin capitālis (“of the head”), in sense “head of cattle”, from caput (“head”) (English cap). Use in trade and finance originated in Medieval economies when a common but expensive transaction involved trading heads of cattle.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English principal from Old French from Latin capitālis from caput head, money laid out kaput- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Anglo-Norman from Late Latin capitellum diminutive of Latin caput head kaput- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Compare chattel and kith and kine (“all one’s possessions”), which also use “cow” to mean “property”.
From Wiktionary
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