- the act or process of converting something into capital
- the amount or sum resulting from this
- the total capital funds of a corporation, represented by stocks, bonds, undivided profit, surplus, etc.
- the total par or stated value of the stocks and bonds outstanding of a corporation
- the total invested in a business by the owner or owners
- the total corporate liability
- the act or system of using capital letters in writing and printing
noun
- Writing in CAPITAL LETTERS (all letters in uppercase) is an example of capitalization.
- If the total value of all outstanding shares of stock is $100,000, this is an example of a company's capitalization.
The definition of capitalization refers to writing in uppercase letters, or the total invested in a business or the total value of stocks and bonds of a corporation.
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noun
- a. The practice or act of capitalizing.b. The sum that results from capitalizing.
- a. The amounts and types of long-term financing used by a firm, including common stock, preferred stock, retained earnings, and long-term debt.b. The total par value or stated value of no-par capital stock issues.
- The use of capital letters in writing or printing.
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Noun
(plural capitalizations)
- American and Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalisation.
Origin
capitalize + -ation.
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Sentence Examples
- As of June 30, 2010, Axis Capital reported total assets of $16.6 billion, as well as shareholders' equity of $5.5 billion and total capitalization of $6.5 billion.
- I love finding the subtext in the words, and putting emphasis on them, with either color, change in the style of the calligraphy word, capitalization, or placement.
- These laws are to prevent fictitious capitalization and " stock-watering."
- The line was to be constructed in sections of zoo kilometres (125 m.) each, and as the complete plans and drawings of each were presented at the times and in the order specified in the convention, the government was to deliver to the concessionnaires government securities representing the capitalization of the annuity accruing to that section.
- (7) Hungary to be entitled to redeem her share of the old Austrian debt (originally bearing interest at 5 and now at 4.2%) at the rate of 4.3 2 5% within the next ten years; if not redeemed within ten years the rate of capitalization to decrease annually by -% until it reaches 4.2%.
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WORDS NEAR capitalization IN THE DICTIONARY
- capitalization
- capitalization-weighted index
- capitalizations
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