| Noun | 1. | capitalisation - writing in capital letterscapitalizationwriting - letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible" |
| 2. | capitalisation - an estimation of the value of a businesscapitalizationestimate, estimation - a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent"market capitalisation, market capitalization - an estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a share |
| 3. | capitalisation - the act of capitalizing on an opportunitycapitalizationexploitation, development - the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits" |
| 4. | capitalisation - the sale of capital stockcapitalizationovercapitalisation, overcapitalization - (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants)marketing, merchandising, selling - the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money |