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CAPITALISATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sale of capital stock
Synonyms:
capitalisation; capitalization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("capitalisation" is a kind of...):
marketing; merchandising; selling (the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capitalisation"):
overcapitalisation; overcapitalization ((business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of capitalizing on an opportunity
Synonyms:
capitalisation; capitalization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("capitalisation" is a kind of...):
development; exploitation (the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful)
Derivation:
capitalise (draw advantages from)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An estimation of the value of a business
Synonyms:
capitalisation; capitalization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("capitalisation" is a kind of...):
estimate; estimation (a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capitalisation"):
market capitalisation; market capitalization (an estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a share)
Derivation:
capitalise (compute the present value of a business or an income)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Writing in capital letters
Synonyms:
capitalisation; capitalization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("capitalisation" is a kind of...):
writing (letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language)
Derivation:
capitalise (write in capital letters)
