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IELTS BNC: 729 COCA: 1061

capital

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Related topics: Government, Business basics, Letters & punctuation, Architecture, Business, Geography
cap·i·tal1 /ˈkæpətl/ ●●● S3 W1 noun  
1  city 城市CITY [countableC]PGTOWN an important city where the main government of a country, state etc is 首都；首府；省会
 Washington D.C., the capital of the United States
美国首都华盛顿特区
► see thesaurus at city
2  FINANCIALmoney 钱 [singular, uncountableU]BBMONEY money or property, especially when it is used to start a business or to produce more wealth 资本，资金
 The government is eager to attract foreign capital.
政府急切希望吸引外国资金。
→ venture capital, working capital
3. letter 字母LETTER [countableC]SLA a letter of the alphabet written in its large form, used for example at the beginning of someone’s name 大写字母 → lower case, upper case
4  centre of activity 活动中心CENTRE OF ACTIVITY [countableC]BUSY PLACE a place that is a centre for an industry, business, or other activity 〔工商业或其他活动的〕中心
 Hollywood is the capital of the movie industry.
好莱坞是电影之都。
5. make capital from/out of something ADVANTAGEto use a situation or event to help you get an advantage 利用某事获利，从某事中捞取好处
6. building 建筑物 [countableC] technical the top part of a column (=a long stone post used in some buildings) 柱头，柱顶
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capital• Rome is one of the world's most beautiful capitals.• The food associated with economic capital is characterized by rich sauces and desserts, and rare and luxurious items such as truffles.• When evaluating capital budgeting decisions, it is this marginal cost that should be used as the appropriate cost of capital.• The nation state, particularly in the third world and the erstwhile Eastern bloc, is the agent of global capital.• Raley started a grocery business in the 1930s with $1000 in capital.• Please fill in your name and address in capitals.• The plan is expected to create vast amounts of investment capital.• Consumer goods occupy a much more contradictory place in the circulation and realisation of capital than do fixed assets.• There is a shortage of capital for building new aircraft.• Our return on capital has more than doubled since 1980.• Since the stockmarket crash, companies have been trying to raise capital by selling new stock.• The tour includes a trip to Budapest, Hungary's capital city.• Preference shares, particularly redeemable preference shares, are sometimes considered to be more akin to loan stock than share capital.• Typically too, nationalized industry balance sheets show capital as amounts owed to the central government.• Sacramento is the state capital of California.• The popes regarded the city as the capital of their duchy.• On Oct. 10 between 30 and 100 people were reported hurt during a pro-Ershad rally in the capital, Dhaka.• Albany is the capital of New York State.• What's the capital of Canada?
Related topics: Letters & punctuation, Crime
capital2 ●●○ adjectiveadj  
1  SLAa capital letter is one that is written or printed in its large form 大写的 → lower case, upper case
 capital ‘B’
大写的B
2  relating to money that you use to start a business or to make more money 资本的，资金的
 capital investments
资本投资
3. capital offence/crime SCLKILLan offence that is punished by death 死罪
Examples from the Corpus
capital offence/crime• Loss of privileges in peacetime; in war, a capital offence.• The word from Lilongwe now is that Chihana will be charged with sedition, a capital offence.• It is capital crime, and a black disgrace to the races of civilized mankind.• No government has ever made abortion a capital crime or executed either a pregnant woman or an abortionist for murder.• New capital crimes would include the use of firearms; hostage-taking; torture; sale of drugs to minors and racketeering.
4. trouble with a capital T, fast with a capital F etcfast with a capital F etc trouble with a capital T informal used with any word in order to emphasize that you are talking about an extreme type of something 麻烦透顶，快速之极等〔强调极端性〕
5. GOOD/EXCELLENT old-fashioned excellent 极好的
Examples from the Corpus
capital• The company's logo is a large capital "B."• During the year the bank actually had 12. 18 billion pesetas in capital gains from its fixed-income portfolio.• Payroll taxes are levied only on wages and salaries-not profits, interest, dividends, or capital gains.• Some investment managers may compensate by making a slight switch in emphasis towards capital growth investments and away from high yielding equities.• The fund manager can, therefore, select the mix of bonds which offers the most attractive yield and capital growth potential.• However, cuts in capital investment and fuel supply problems have reduced capacity growth to something around 3% per year.• The recycling industry is making huge capital investments in equipment.• In the latter case it will be necessary to work closely with the local authority in carrying out a capital project.• We intend to lighten the burden of capital taxes and reform the taxation of savings.
From Longman Business Dictionary
capitalcap·i·tal /ˈkæpətl/ noun [uncountableU]
1ECONOMICSmoney or property used to produce wealth
Countries around the world are hungry for capital and economic development.
→ see also return on capital
→ customer capital → human capital → intellectual capital → social capital
2FINANCEmoney from shareholders and lenders that can be invested by a business in assets in order to produce profits
There is a shortage of capital for the purchase of new aircraft.
Since the stockmarket fall, companies have been prevented from raising capital by selling new stock.
The company desperately needs a fresh injection of capital.
The company has bought lots of land over the last few years, which ties up capital (=makes it unavailable for use) as it waits to develop it.
→ authorized capital → circulating capital → core capital → debt capital → equity capital → fixed capital → flight capital → issued capital → loan capital → nominal capital → operating capital → ordinary capital → paid-in capital → preference capital → risk capital → share capital → split capital → Tier 1 capital → Tier 2 capital → uncalled capital → unissued capital → venture capital → working capital
Origin capital1
1. (1600-1700) → CAPITAL2
2. (1600-1700) French Italian capitale, from Latin capitalis; → CAPITAL2
3. (1200-1300) Old North French capitel, from Late Latin capitellum, from Latin caput; → CAPITAL2
 capital2
(1100-1200) Latin capitalis, from caput “head”
cap·i·tal1 nouncapital2 adjectiveadj
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IELTS BNC: 729 COCA: 1061
capital

noun¹

 1money used to start a business, etc.啟動資金ADJECTIVE | VERB + CAPITAL | CAPITAL + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤risk, venture風險資本◇They are hoping to attract funding from venture-capital firms.他們希望能吸引來自風險資本公司的資金。➤fixed固定資本▸➤seed, start-up創業／啟動資本▸➤equity, investment, share股本；投資資本；股份資本▸➤working營運資本▸➤foreign, private外國／私人資本➤human, intellectual, knowledge, political, social (all figurative) 人力／智力／知識／政治／社會資本VERB + CAPITAL➤have擁有資本◇We don't have enough capital to buy new premises.我們沒有足夠的資金購買新房屋。➤accumulate, acquire, amass積累／獲得／積聚資本▸➤attract, borrow, generate, raise吸引資本；借入資金；創造資本；籌集資金◇He had various ideas on how to raise capital for the project.他有許多為該工程集資的想法。➤invest, provide, put, put up, sink投入資金；提供資本；投入資本◇The company has put a lot of capital into the project.公司為該工程投入了大量的資金。◇We can't expect the government to put up the capital.我們不能指望政府來投入所需的資金。◇He sank vast amounts of capital in the venture.他在這次風險投資中投入了大量的資金。➤allocate, expend分配／花費資金▸➤free, free up, release, unlock (especially BrE) 騰出資金；發放資金▸➤tie up套牢資金◇Our capital is all tied up in property.我們的資金都套牢在了房地產上無法動用。CAPITAL + NOUN➤assets, goods, resources, stock資本資產；資本貨物；資本資源；股本▸➤costs, expenditure, investment, outlay, repayment, spending資本成本／開支／投資／支出／償還／開銷▸➤accumulation, growth資本積累／增值▸➤account資本賬戶▸➤fund, funding, grant資本基金；資本授予◇He secured $175 million in capital funding from investors.他從投資人那裏獲得 1.75 億美元的資本基金。➤campaign, project資本運動／項目◇We are launching a capital campaign to renovate the historic building.為了修復這座歷史建築，我們正在發起一項資金籌募活動。◇investment in major capital projects對主要資本項目的投資➤gain, gains, loss資本收益；資本損失◇capital gains tax資本收益稅➤flows, inflow, mobility, movement, outflow資本流動；資本流入；資本流動性；資本外流➤receipt (especially BrE) 資本收入▸➤value資本值◇the capital value of the property這項財產的資本值➤market資本市場PHRASES➤capital and labour/labor資方與勞方◇Both capital and labor were scarce.資本和勞動力兩者都缺乏。➤an injection of capital資本注入◇Inner city areas require a large injection of capital.市中心區需要注入大量資本。➤a return on your capital資本回報◇Investors want an immediate return on their capital.投資者想立刻得到資本回報。  ➡ topic at business
capital

noun²

 2city城市ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤great, major大都市；中心城市◇The department store has branches in all major capitals.這家百貨公司在各大都市都設有分店。➤British, Japanese, etc.英國、日本等首都▸➤foreign外國首都▸➤provincial, regional, state省會；地區首府；州府▸➤cultural, finance, financial, etc.文化、金融等中心城市PREPOSITION➤in a/the capital在首都◇the fast pace of life in the capital首都的快節奏生活➤capital of⋯的首都PHRASES➤the... capital of the world世界的⋯中心◇Las Vegas is the gambling capital of the world.拉斯維加斯是世界的賭博中心。
IELTS BNC: 729 COCA: 1061
capital noun
⇨ money 1
IELTS BNC: 729 COCA: 1061
capital
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