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What (who) is Capital - definition
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Capitals; Capital (disambiguation); Capitala; Capital (TV series); Capital Television
capital
I. a.
1.
Chief, principal, leading, essential, cardinal, first in importance.
2.
Fatal, forfeiting life, involving death.
3.
(Colloq.) Excellent, good, prime, first-rate, first-class.
II. n.
1.
Metropolis, chief city or town.
2.
Large letter, capital letter.
3.
Stock, sum invested.
4.
(Arch.) Head of a column, pillar, or pilaster.
capital
1) n. from Latin for caput, meaning "head," the basic assets of a business (particularly corporations or partnerships) or of an individual, including actual funds, equipment and property as distinguished from stock in trade, inventory, payroll, maintenance and services. 2) adj. related to the basic assets or activities of a business or individual, such as capital account, capital assets, capital expenditure, and capital gain or loss. 3) n. an amount of money a person owns, as in "how much capital do you have to put into this investment?" as distinguished from the amount which must be financed.
See also: capital account capital assets stock in trade
Capital
·noun Of or pertaining to the head.
II. Capital ·adj A chapter, or section, of a book.
III. Capital ·adj ·see Capital letter, under Capital, a.
IV. Capital ·noun First in importance; chief; principal.
V. Capital ·noun Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.
VI. Capital ·adj Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.
VII. Capital ·noun The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.
VIII. Capital ·adj An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.
IX. Capital ·adj That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.
X. Capital ·noun Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.
XI. Capital ·noun Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.
XII. Capital ·noun The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, ·etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. ·see these terms, and Column.
XIII. Capital ·noun Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, ·etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. ·see Capital stock, under Capital, a.
Examples of use of Capital
1. We now have core capital; tier1, 2 and 3 capital; subordinated capital; hybrid capital — with banks given greater license to play around with portions of their capital including speculating on the market the further it gets from core capital.
2. They have attacked the national capital Delhi, now financial capital Mumbai, Kashi and Ayodhya – the religious capital – and Bangalore –the technological capital," he said.
3. The Treasury proposals, curiously, substitute government capital for private capital.
4. Other investors include Evergreen, Sequoia Capital and Pitango Venture Capital.
5. Such capital is considered Tier 2, or supplementary capital, to core Tier 1 capital, which is shareholder‘s equity.