Definition of capital

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Capital (n.) 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..

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Omegoid :: Omegoid (a.) Having the form of the Greek capital letter Omega (/).
Bell :: Bell (n.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital..
Bank :: Bank (n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital..
Capitalize :: Capitalize (v. t.) To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital..
Boating :: Boating (n.) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish..
Vase :: Vase (n.) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum..
Manilla :: Manilla (a.) Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city..
Advance :: Advance (v.) A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand..
Chef-d''oeuvre :: Chef-d'oeuvre (n.) A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc..
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..
Scrip :: Scrip (n.) A preliminary certificate of a subscription to the capital of a bank, railroad, or other company, or for a share of other joint property, or a loan, stating the amount of the subscription and the date of the payment of the installments; as, insurance scrip, consol scrip, etc. When all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged for a bond share certificate..
Annulet :: Annulet (n.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital..
Fusarole :: Fusarole (n.) A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture..
City :: City (n.) A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see..
Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence..
Lower-case :: Lower-case (a.) Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3..
London :: London (n.) The capital city of England.
Overtrade :: Overtrade (v. i.) To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market.
Respite :: Respite (n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
Majusculae :: Majusculae (n. pl.) Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier..
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