Meaning of capital | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
   uncountable
2. The uppermost part of a column.
   countable
3. Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
   uncountable
4. The top part of a pillar or column, typically having an ornamental design.
5. The capitalist class; investors considered collectively with respect to their societal (economic, political, cultural, etc.) influence.
   uncountable
6. the distinctively treated upper end of a column, pilaster, or the like.
7. A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
   countable
8. Consists of all goods and services which are used in the production of other goods and services, e.g. machinery, factories, education, and training. Capital can also mean the money value of a company’s assets.
9. The most important city in the field specified.
   countable
10. a system of economics in which money and business are controlled by capitalists. kapitalisme الرأسْماليّّه капитализъм capitalismo kapitalismus der Kapitalismus kapitalisme καπιταλισμόςcapitalismo kapitalism نظام سرمایه داری kapitalismi capitalismeקפיטליזם पूजीवाद kapitalizam kapitalizmus kapitalisme kapítalismi capitalismo 資本主義 자본주의 kapitalizmas kapitālisms kapitalisme kapitalismekapitalismekapitalizm دسرمايه دارۍ سيستم پانګه ايز نظام، هغه اقتصادى سيستم چه تر هغه لاندې شخصى اقتصادى فعاليتونه...
11. An uppercase letter.
    countable
12. a person who has much money in business concerns. kapitalis شخص شَخْصٌ رأسْمالي капиталист capitalista kapitalista der/die Kapitalist(in) kapitalist καπιταλιστήςcapitalista kapitalist سرمایه دار kapitalisti capitalisteקפיטליסט पूंजीपति kapitalist kapitalista kapitalis kapítalisti capitalista 資本家 자본가 kapitalistas kapitālists kapitalis kapitalistkapitalistkapitalista سرمايه دار capitalista capitalist капиталист kapitalista kapitalist kapitalista kapitalist ผู้ลงทุน kapitalist, anamalcı 資本家 капі...
13. Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
    uncountable
14. kapitalisties رأسْملي капиталистически capitalista kapitalistický kapitalistisch kapitalistisk καπιταλιστικόςcapitalista kapitalistlik وابسته به نظام سرمایه داری kapitalistinen capitaliste קָפִּיטָלִיסטִי पूजीवाद पर आधारित kapitalistički kapitalista kapitalis kapítalískur capitalistico 資本主義の 자본주의의 kapitalistinis kapitālistisks bersifat kapitalis kapitalistischkapitalistiskkapitalistyczny سرمايه دار capitalista capitalist капиталистический kapitalistický kapitalističen kapitalistički kapitalis...
15. The chief or most important thing.
    broadly, countable
16. in architecture, the top part of a column of a building etc. kapiteel, suilhoof تاج عَمود، رأسُ دِعامَه арх. капител capitel hlavice das Kapitell kapitæl κιονόκρανοcapitel kapiteel سر ستون kapiteeli chapiteau כּוֹתֶרֶת עֲמוּד मृत्युदण्ड संबंधी glavica stupa oszlopfő puncak súluhöfuð capitello 柱頭 기동머리 kapitelis kapitelis puncak topang kapiteelkapitel kapitel ټه، ستن (ستون) (چه چت ته بې وركوى): هر هغه شى چه سننى ته ورته وى: (لښ) دپلټنى قطارونه: داخبار نا كتاب ستون capitel capitol капитал hlavic...
    etc
17. A town or city that is the official seat of government in a political entity, such as a state or nation.
18. Wealth, especially in the form of financial or physical assets, used in the production or accumulation of more wealth.
19. The money invested in a corporation, including debt and equity.

Equivalents

Examples

“He does not have enough capital to start a business.”

“The markets crashing symbolized capital’s discontent with the tax reforms passed.”

“Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America.”

“The Welsh government claims that Cardiff is Europe’s youngest capital.”

“Lin Hsiang-ju immediately said to the king of Ch’in, “If Ta-wang wants fifteen cities from Chao, the king of Chao should also get something in return. What about giving him Hsien-yang as a gift?’ Hsien-yang was the capital of Ch’in.”

“Ladies of yesteryear toured world capitals in sedate linen dresses, but such priggish frumpery hardly presents Americans as the carefree, egalitarian, and sensuous people the viewers of dubbed Baywatch episodes have come to expect.”

“From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.”

“State legislative races tend to come cheap, with low turnout and tiny margins despite how state capitals have taken on an ever larger role amid legislative stalemate in Washington, DC. In 2020, a combined total of 46,000 votes determined which party was in majority control in 13 different state legislature chambers across the country.”

“Wearing his best suit and sunglasses, the sultan of Slowjamastan officially declared independence from the United States of America at 12:26 p.m. on December 1, 2021 as he broadcast the secession live from his open-air government “office” in Dublândia, the capital of the Republic of Slowjamastan.”

“Hollywood is the film capital, New York the theater capital, Las Vegas the gambling capital.”

“Interpreters need a good amount of cultural capital in order to function efficiently in the profession.”

“But a great wonder of this chamber, and a marvel to behold, was how the capital of every one of the four-and-twenty pillars was hewn from a single precious stone, carved by the hand of some sculptor of long ago into the living form of a monster: […]”

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