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capitalize (verb), capitalizes; capitalized; capitalizing
1. To write or print in capital letters or with an initial capital: After cleaning the steps in the main staircase in the apartment building, Jane printed a big sign and and capitalized the words, "CAUTION, WET STEPS!"
2. To use debt or budgeted expenditures as capital for development: Ted's company bought a new machine which would be more efficient in production, therefore the company capitalized by buying it for the firm's further improvement and growth.
3. To provide the money that is needed to start or to develop a business: Mary was looking for investors in order to capitalize her company's further development.
This entry is located in the following units: capit-, capt-, cap-, cep-, ceps-, chapt-, chef, cip- (page 1) -ize (page 3)