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Meaning of capitalize

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  capitalize
      v 1: draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake";
           "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover" [syn:
           {capitalize}, {capitalise}, {take advantage}]
      2: supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination
         of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by
         lenders [syn: {capitalize}, {capitalise}]
      3: write in capital letters [syn: {capitalize}, {capitalise}]
      4: compute the present value of a business or an income [syn:
         {capitalize}, {capitalise}]
      5: consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
         [syn: {capitalize}, {capitalise}]
      6: convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital [syn:
         {capitalize}, {capitalise}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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