to capitalize
- verb
- /ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪz/
- Specialized
- Overall, this table suggests that poorly capitalized banks with a lower share of foreign ownership are the most engaged in capital regulation avoidance.
- capitalize the costs
- well capitalized
- capitalized with funds
Examples
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In addition, the department is able to help capitalize the costs of proven, commercially viable technologies.
Academic text (1995) -
The majority of the Technology Initiative cost has been capitalized.
Academic text (2005) -
Whether certain funds may be used to initially capitalize a bank and whether they have to be verified by authorities.
Academic text (2018) -
I am not convinced that this is the most effective or appropriate way to capitalize a venture capital industry.
Academic text (1995) -
Land prices are currently greater than the capitalized value of farm profits or land rents.
Academic text (1998) -
The institution's capital ratios had slipped below what is normally considered well-capitalized in the third quarter of 2008.
Blog text (21) -
In addition, despite increasing requirements for bank capitalization, scores of privately owned banks found themselves inadequately capitalized when the crisis came.
Academic text (1998) -
The loss represented by the capitalized cost of maintenance would thus probably have been incurred by the plaintiffs in any event.
Academic text (2018) -
Jute was introduced into Amazonia from Bengal by Japanese immigrants, capitalized with Japanese funds, and mediated through Japanese patrons (Tanaka 1957).
Academic text (2002) -
The company needs to capitalize its assets in order to secure more funding for expansion.
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Etymology
Capitalize comes from capital (from Latin caput 'head'), where capital means 'money' or 'main value'. To capitalize in business is to change money or assets into 'capital' to help fund the company's projects.