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    CAPITALIZATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The sale of capital stockplay

    Synonyms:

    capitalisation; capitalization

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("capitalization" 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 "capitalization"):

    overcapitalisation; overcapitalization ((business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The act of capitalizing on an opportunityplay

    Synonyms:

    capitalisation; capitalization

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("capitalization" is a kind of...):

    development; exploitation (the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful)

    Derivation:

    capitalize (draw advantages from)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    An estimation of the value of a businessplay

    Synonyms:

    capitalisation; capitalization

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("capitalization" is a kind of...):

    estimate; estimation (a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capitalization"):

    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:

    capitalize (compute the present value of a business or an income)

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    Writing in capital lettersplay

    Synonyms:

    capitalisation; capitalization

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("capitalization" 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:

    capitalize (write in capital letters)

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