capitalisation
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- North America: capitalization
[edit] Etymology
capitalise + -ation
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
[edit] Noun
capitalisation (plural capitalisations)
- The act or process of capitalising.
- 1998, Phillip Brian Harper, Are We Not Men?, page 75:
- [...] apparently indicating the degree to which his identification with black music predicates his capitalization on it [...]
- 1998, Phillip Brian Harper, Are We Not Men?, page 75:
- The state of being capitalised.
- English and French have different rules for the capitalisation of the names of the days of the week.
- The total value of all outstanding shares for a publicly-traded company
- 1907, Jack London, The Iron Heel:
- I doubt if one of them was interested in any business the total capitalization of which exceeded a couple of hundred thousand dollars.
- 1907, Jack London, The Iron Heel:
[edit] Translations
act or process of capitalising
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state of being capitalised
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finance
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