Definition of capital

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Capital (n.) Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment..

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Capitalize :: Capitalize (v. t.) To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.).
Premium :: Premium (n.) Something offered or given for the loan of money; bonus; -- sometimes synonymous with interest, but generally signifying a sum in addition to the capital..
Encarpus :: Encarpus (n.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc..
Masterpiece :: Masterpiece (n.) Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d'oeuvre; a supreme achievement.
Province :: Province (n.) A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital..
Action :: Action (n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks..
Capitalist :: Capitalist (n.) One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business..
Collectivism :: Collectivism (n.) The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism.
Fund :: Fund (n.) A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc..
Execute :: Execute (v. t.) To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor..
Share :: Share (v.) Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares..
Chapiter :: Chapiter (n.) A capital [Obs.] See Chapital.
Havana :: Havana (a.) Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar.
Parisian :: Parisian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France..
Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (a.) Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury..
Column :: Column (n.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order..
Echinus :: Echinus (n.) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin..
Cyriologic :: Cyriologic (a.) Relating to capital letters.
Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment..
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
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