capitalization love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The practice or act of capitalizing.
  • noun The sum that results from capitalizing.
  • noun The amounts and types of long-term financing used by a firm, including common stock, preferred stock, retained earnings, and long-term debt.
  • noun The total par value or stated value of no-par capital stock issues.
  • noun The use of capital letters in writing or printing.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The use of capital letters at the beginning of words in writing or printing. Also spelled capitalisation.
  • noun The act of capitalizing.
  • noun The act of computing or realizing the present value of a periodical payment. Conversion into capital: as, the creditors consented to the capitalization of half their claims. Also spelled capitalisation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act or process of capitalizing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun North America Alternative form of capitalisation.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of capitalizing on an opportunity
  • noun an estimation of the value of a business
  • noun the sale of capital stock
  • noun writing in capital letters

Etymologies

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capitalize +‎ -ation.

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Examples

  • But the crucial difficulty, I suspect, was a lack of long-term capitalization, which is to say, investment by deep-pocketed liberal supporters.

    Why Won't the Progressives Get Their Act Together 2006

  • Extending your pinkie finger and hitting that “Shift” key, resulting in capitalization of the first letter of a sentence. again, and thank you for another fine example of your pathetic deductive reasoning skills.

    Think Progress » Rush Limbaugh: ‘I love the women’s movement — especially when walking behind it.’ 2010

  • The market capitalization is expected to be about 5.8 billion ringgit.

    Financial Briefing Book: Oct. 7 2010

  • Each announcement of a record hot year causes energy stocks across the board drop by 3% (which, given the size of their market capitalization, is a huge loss of value).

    2009 December 19 | Serendipity 2009

  • Each announcement of a record hot year causes energy stocks across the board drop by 3% (which, given the size of their market capitalization, is a huge loss of value).

    2009 December | Serendipity 2009

  • Latto: In “Our Forgotten Constitution: A Bicentennial Comment,” 97 Yale L.J. 281 (1987), Akhil Amar shows that the printed copy of the Constitution that was distributed to the states for ratification, differed in punctuation, spelling and capitalization from the engrossed (handwritten) parchment signed by the delegates to the Convention in Philadelphia, which is the version now enshrined in the National Archives.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Error in Many Versions of the United States Constitution 2010

  • Tax protesters are fond of pointing out that the 16th Amendment as ratified by the various states was not perfectly uniform in capitalization and punctuation practices, the Secretary of State found that none of these variations materially affected the meaning of the Amendment and certified it.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Error in Many Versions of the United States Constitution 2010

  • Also, the planned capital increase, which amounts to more than 15% of BBVA's € 33 billion market capitalization, is a reason for concern, analysts say.

    BBVA Lays Big Bet on Turkey Joe Parkinson 2010

  • In “Our Forgotten Constitution: A Bicentennial Comment,” 97 Yale L.J. 281 (1987), Akhil Amar shows that the printed copy of the Constitution that was distributed to the states for ratification, differed in punctuation, spelling and capitalization from the engrossed (handwritten) parchment signed by the delegates to the Convention in Philadelphia, which is the version now enshrined in the National Archives.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Error in Many Versions of the United States Constitution 2010

  • The planned capital increase, which amounts to more than 15% of BBVA's € 33 billion market capitalization, is a reason for concern, analysts say.

    Spain's BBVA to Buy Stake in Garanti for $5.84 Billion David Roman 2010

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