| capitalise | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. capitalise, capitalize | supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders. |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (possession) | 2. capitalise, capitalize, take advantage | draw advantages from.; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover" |
| ~ benefit, profit, gain | derive a benefit from.; "She profited from his vast experience" |
| v. (creation) | 3. capitalise, capitalize | write in capital letters. |
| ~ write | mark or trace on a surface.; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. capitalise, capitalize | compute the present value of a business or an income. |
| ~ calculate, compute, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | make a mathematical calculation or computation. |
| ~ overcapitalise, overcapitalize | estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level. |
| v. (cognition) | 5. capitalise, capitalize | consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses. |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| v. (change) | 6. capitalise, capitalize | convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital. |
| ~ exchange, convert, commute, change | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" |
| ~ overcapitalise, overcapitalize | capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant. |
| invest | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. commit, invest, place, put | make an investment.; "Put money into bonds" |
| ~ fund | invest money in government securities. |
| ~ expend, spend, drop | pay out.; "spend money" |
| ~ roll over | re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security.; "She rolled over her IRA" |
| ~ shelter | invest (money) so that it is not taxable. |
| ~ tie up | invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes.; "All my money is tied up in long-term investments" |
| ~ job, speculate | invest at a risk.; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating" |
| ~ buy into | buy stocks or shares of a company. |
| v. (social) | 2. empower, endow, endue, gift, indue, invest | give qualities or abilities to. |
| ~ enable | render capable or able for some task.; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain" |
| ~ cover | invest with a large or excessive amount of something.; "She covered herself with glory" |
| v. (social) | 3. adorn, clothe, invest | furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors. |
| ~ equip, fit out, outfit, fit | provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose.; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" |
| v. (social) | 4. enthrone, invest, vest | provide with power and authority.; "They vested the council with special rights" |
| ~ instal, install | put into an office or a position.; "the new president was installed immediately after the election" |
| ~ consecrate, ordinate, ordain, order | appoint to a clerical posts.; "he was ordained in the Church" |
| ~ coronate, crown | invest with regal power; enthrone.; "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey" |
| ~ enthrone, throne | put a monarch on the throne.; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago" |
| ~ ordain | invest with ministerial or priestly authority.; "The minister was ordained only last month" |
| v. (social) | 5. induct, invest, seat | place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position.; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy" |
| ~ instal, install | put into an office or a position.; "the new president was installed immediately after the election" |
| investment | | |
| n. (act) | 1. investing, investment | the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit. |
| ~ arbitrage | a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price. |
| ~ finance | the commercial activity of providing funds and capital. |
| ~ foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business). |
| ~ leveraging, leverage | investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses). |
| ~ bull | try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying. |
| ~ buy into | buy stocks or shares of a company. |
| ~ pyramid | enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts. |
| ~ subscribe | offer to buy, as of stocks and shares.; "The broker subscribed 500 shares" |
| n. (possession) | 2. investment, investment funds | money that is invested with an expectation of profit. |
| ~ assets | anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company. |
| ~ venture, speculation | an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits.; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it" |
| ~ pay, bear, yield | bring in.; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. investment | the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result.; "this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking"; "he made an emotional investment in the work" |
| ~ commitment, committedness | the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose.; "a man of energy and commitment" |
| n. (animal) | 4. investment | outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism. |
| ~ pellicle | thin protective membrane in some protozoa. |
| ~ cutis, skin, tegument | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" |
| n. (act) | 5. investment | the act of putting on robes or vestments. |
| ~ grooming, dressing | the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes. |
| n. (act) | 6. investiture, investment | the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank. |
| ~ promotion | act of raising in rank or position. |
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