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capitalization|ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. capitalize + -ation.]
1. a. The action of converting into capital, or of representing an annual income or payment by its capital value.
1860Sat. Rev. IX. 3/2 Her creditors..agreed to the capitalization of their overdue dividends. 1885Sir H. Cotton in Law Rep. 30 Chanc. Div. 243 The profits..were to be capitalized, and she was only to have the income arising from that capitalization.
b. The sum or figure resulting from the action of converting into capital.
1906Daily Chron. 13 Feb. 5/1 The companies have a capitalisation of 80,000,000 dols. 1970Daily Tel. 22 Apr. 21/3 IBM—whose market capitalisation is larger than that of any other United States company—is the post-war growth stock par excellence.
2. Conversion into a capital city.
1865Pall Mall G. 9 Oct. 10 Florence is being summarily subjected to the advantages of capitalization.
3. The action of printing in capitals.
1864in Webster, etc. 1906R. L. Ramsay in Skelton's Magnyf. p. xx, The orthography is that of the original; punctuation and capitalization are modern. 1908M. W. Sampson Milton's Lyr. & Dram. Poems p. v, The text follows the first editions as closely as modern spelling, capitalization and punctuation permit. 1964F. Bowers Bibliogr. & Text. Crit. vi. iii. 177 The details of spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and word-division. |