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puhunan [pu.hú.nan.] : capital (n.); investment (n.)

Derivatives of puhunan


Glosses:
capital
n. (possession)1. capital, working capitalassets available for use in the production of further assets.
~ assetsanything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company.
~ current assets, liquid assets, quick assetsassets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash).
~ stockthe capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity).; "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock"
~ risk capital, venture capitalwealth available for investment in new or speculative enterprises.
~ operating capitalcapital available for the operations of a firm (e.g. manufacturing or transportation) as distinct from financial transactions and long-term improvements.
~ seed moneycapital needed to set up a new business or enterprise.
n. (possession)2. capitalwealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value.
~ endowment fund, endowmentthe capital that provides income for an institution.
~ assetsanything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company.
~ means, substanceconsiderable capital (wealth or income).; "he is a man of means"
~ corpus, principal sum, principalcapital as contrasted with the income derived from it.
n. (location)3. capitala seat of government.
~ camelot(Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there.
~ seata center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised).
~ national capitalthe capital city of a nation.
~ provincial capitalthe capital city of a province.
~ state capitalthe capital city of a political subdivision of a country.
~ george townthe capital of the Cayman Islands.
~ bridgetown, capital of barbadoscapital of Barbados; a port city on the southwestern coast of Barbados.
~ belfast, capital of northern irelandcapital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland.
~ edinburghthe capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth.
~ cardiffthe capital and largest city of Wales.
n. (communication)4. capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercaseone of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis.; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
~ grapheme, graphic symbol, charactera written symbol that is used to represent speech.; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
~ small capital, small capa character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters.
n. (location)5. capitala center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product.; "the crime capital of Italy"; "the drug capital of Columbia"
~ centre, centera place where some particular activity is concentrated.; "they received messages from several centers"
n. (group)6. capital, washingtonthe federal government of the United States.
~ federal governmenta government with strong central powers.
n. (communication)7. capital, das kapitala book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories.
~ booka written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together).; "I am reading a good book on economics"
n. (artifact)8. cap, capital, chapiterthe upper part of a column that supports the entablature.
~ pillar, column(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure.
~ topthe upper part of anything.; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page"
adj. 9. capitalfirst-rate.; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"
~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern irelanda monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom.
~ superiorof high or superior quality or performance.; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"
adj. 10. capitalof primary importance.; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"
~ primaryof first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary.; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"
adj. 11. capital, great, majusculeuppercase.; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
~ uppercaserelating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case.; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc"
investment
n. (act)1. investing, investmentthe act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit.
~ arbitragea 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.
~ financethe commercial activity of providing funds and capital.
~ foreign direct investmentinvesting in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business).
~ leveraging, leverageinvesting with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses).
~ bulltry to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying.
~ buy intobuy stocks or shares of a company.
~ pyramidenlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts.
~ subscribeoffer to buy, as of stocks and shares.; "The broker subscribed 500 shares"
n. (possession)2. investment, investment fundsmoney that is invested with an expectation of profit.
~ assetsanything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company.
~ venture, speculationan investment that is very risky but could yield great profits.; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"
~ pay, bear, yieldbring in.; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
n. (attribute)3. investmentthe 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, committednessthe trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose.; "a man of energy and commitment"
n. (animal)4. investmentouter layer or covering of an organ or part or organism.
~ pelliclethin protective membrane in some protozoa.
~ cutis, skin, tegumenta natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
n. (act)5. investmentthe act of putting on robes or vestments.
~ grooming, dressingthe activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes.
n. (act)6. investiture, investmentthe ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank.
~ promotionact of raising in rank or position.