capitalise

capitalise
verb
1. supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
• Syn: ↑capitalize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑capital
• Hypernyms: ↑supply, ↑provide, ↑render, ↑furnish
• Verb Frames:
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2. draw advantages from
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he is capitalizing on her mistake

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she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover

• Syn: ↑capitalize, ↑take advantage
• Derivationally related forms: ↑capitalisation, ↑capitalization (for: ↑capitalize)
• Hypernyms: ↑profit, ↑gain, ↑benefit
• Verb Frames:
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3. write in capital letters
• Syn: ↑capitalize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑capitalisation, ↑capital, ↑capitalization (for: ↑capitalize), ↑capital (for: ↑capitalize)
• Hypernyms: ↑write
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

4. compute the present value of a business or an income
• Syn: ↑capitalize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑capitalisation, ↑capital, ↑capitalization (for: ↑capitalize), ↑capital (for: ↑capitalize)
• Hypernyms:
↑calculate, ↑cipher, ↑cypher, ↑compute, ↑work out, ↑reckon, ↑figure
• Hyponyms: ↑overcapitalize, ↑overcapitalise
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

5. consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
• Syn: ↑capitalize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑capital
• Hypernyms: ↑see, ↑consider, ↑reckon, ↑view, ↑regard
• Verb Frames:
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6. convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
• Syn: ↑capitalize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑capital, ↑capital (for: ↑capitalize)
• Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑exchange, ↑commute, ↑convert
• Hyponyms: ↑overcapitalize, ↑overcapitalise
• Verb Frames:
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