capitalization

English

Etymology

From capitalize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
• Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tal‧i‧za‧tion

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

capitalization (countable and uncountable, plural capitalizations)

1. American and Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalisation.
   • 1908 February 19, w:Jack London, w:The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:

     I doubt if one of them was interested in any business the total capitalization of which exceeded a couple of hundred thousand dollars.

   • 1998 July 13, Kerry Capell et al., “Emerging Markets: The Winners in a Losing Year”, in w:Businessweek, retrieved 10 July 2015:

     And while Brazil's Telebras and South Africa's Anglo American Corp. again rank among the world's top emerging-market groups, their market capitalizations are also down from last year.

Derived terms

• autocapitalization
• bicapitalization
• decapitalization
• miscapitalization
• overcapitalization
• recapitalization
• uncapitalization
• undercapitalization