capital

UK /ˈkæpɪtəl/ US /ˈkæpɪtəl/
noun 6adj 5name 2intj 1

Definitions

noun

1

Money and wealth: the means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.

Near-synonym: assets

He does not have enough capital to start a business.

2

Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as tools and bulldozers (equipment) and office buildings (structures).

Near-synonym: assets

He pointed out that it takes both labour and capital to produce goods.

3

The capitalist class; investors considered collectively with respect to their societal (economic, political, cultural, etc.) influence.

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

He warned us darkly that capital will never be sated.

4

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.

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

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

5

The most important city in the field specified.

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

adj

1

Of prime importance.

a capital article in religion

whatever is capital and essential in Christianity

2

Chief (in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation).

London and Paris are capital cities.

3

Excellent.

That is a capital idea!

“He is a capital fellow,” the Englishman in London had said, “and he has got an awfully pretty wife. […]”

4

Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death.

capital punishment; capital murder

Neither could the Legiſlature in any thing more conſult the Publick Good, than by providing ſome effectual Remedy againſt this Evil, which in ſeveral Caſes deſerves greater Puniſhment than many Crimes that are capital among us.

5

Uppercase.

One begins a sentence with a capital letter.

intj

1

used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight.

That's an amazing idea! Capital!

"Capital! And I shall soon get a bonus."

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