| capital | |
| 1. n. (economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures). | |
| 2. n. (business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system. | |
| He does not have enough capital to start a business. | |
| 3. n. A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivisio | |
| Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America. | |
| The Welsh government claims that Cardiff is Europe’s youngest capital. | |
| 4. n. The most important city in the field specified. | |
| 5. n. An uppercase letter. | |
| 6. n. (architecture) The uppermost part of a column. | |
| 7. n. Knowledge; awareness; proficiency. | |
| Interpreters need a good amount of cultural capital in order to function efficiently in the profession. | |
| 8. n. (by extension) The chief or most important thing. | |
| 9. adj. Of prime importance. | |
| 10. adj. Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation. | |
| London and Paris are capital cities. | |
| 11. adj. (comparable, British, dated) Excellent. | |
| That is a capital idea! | |
| 12. adj. Involving punishment by death. | |
| 13. adj. Uppercase. | |
| One begins a sentence with a capital letter. | |
| 14. adj. Of or relating to the head. | |
