Capital ˈkæpɪtl Business Money State Invested Start Latin

• cairo is the capital of egypt.
• the state capital
• rennes is the provincial capital of brittany.
• a tour of six european capital cities

capital

1. the most important town or city of a country or region, where the government operates from
• Cairo is the capital of Egypt.
• the state capital
• Rennes is the provincial capital of Brittany.
• a tour of six European capital cities
• She liked the fast pace of life in the capital.
• Paris, the fashion capital of the world

Extra Examples

• Last week's gathering in the Californian state capital was no ordinary event.
• The department store has branches in all major capitals.
• Troops are stationed in and around the capital.
• Los Angeles is the movie capital of the world.
2. a letter of the form and size that is used at the beginning of a sentence or a name (= A,B,C rather than a,b,c)
• Use block capitals (= separate capital letters).
• Please write in capitals.
3. wealth or property that is owned by a business or a person and can be invested or used to start a business
• SEE ALSO venture capital
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/venture-capital
• share/investment/equity capital
• He had various ideas on how to raise capital for the project.
• a guide to investing capital in new markets
• Our capital is all tied up in property.
• capital investment (= money invested in a business)
• capital expenditure/spending (= money that an organization spends on buildings, equipment, etc.)
• capital costs/assets
• the capital value of the property

Extra Examples

• He sank vast amounts of capital in the venture.
• They secured $175 million in capital funding from investors.
• Inner city areas require a large injection of capital.
• Investors want an immediate return on their capital.
• The company has put a lot of capital into the project.
• We don't have enough capital to buy new premises.
4. an amount of money that is invested or is used to start a business
• to set up a business with a starting capital of £100 000
5. people who use their money to start businesses, considered as a group
• capital and labour
6. a valuable resource of a particular kind
• SEE ALSO human capital
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/human-capital
• Education creates intellectual capital to convert into economic and social rewards.
• Immigrant children have cultural capital of their own—including their home language—which may be undervalued.
7. the top part of a column
8. to use a situation for your own advantage
• The opposition parties are making political capital out of the government's problems.

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 5 Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘relating to the head or top’, later ‘standing at the head or beginning’): via Old French from Latin capitalis, from caput ‘head’. noun sense 6 Middle English: from Old French capitel, from late Latin capitellum ‘little head’, diminutive of Latin caput.