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Verb capitalise has 6 senses
  1. capitalize, capitalise - supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
    --1 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
    Derived form: noun capital1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. capitalize, capitalise, take advantage - draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"
    --2 is one way to profit, gain, benefit
    Derived form: noun capitalisation3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. capitalize, capitalise - write in capital letters
    --3 is one way to write
    Derived forms: noun capitalisation1, noun capital4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. capitalize, capitalise - compute the present value of a business or an income
    --4 is one way to calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
    Derived forms: noun capitalisation2, noun capital1, noun capital2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. capitalize, capitalise - consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
    --5 is one way to see, consider, reckon, view, regard
    Derived form: noun capital1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  6. capitalize, capitalise - convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
    --6 is one way to change, exchange, commute, convert
    Derived form: noun capital1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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