Capital | Mean of capital in English Dictionary

/ˈkæpətl̟/

• in the form A, B, C, etc., rather than a, b, c
1. capital letters
2. a capital D
3. His handwritten capital S's look a lot like lowercase/small s's.
4. He is conservative with a capital C! [=he is very conservative]
5. The sauce is spicy with a capital S. [=it is very spicy]
• having the main offices of a government
1. the state's capital city
• having death as a possible punishment
1. Homicide that occurs during the course of an attempted kidnapping is a capital crime in some states.
2. capital murder/rape charges
• Noun

• money, property, etc., that is used to start or operate a business
1. Does he have the capital to start a new business?
• the money, property, etc., that a person or business owns
1. capital accumulation = the accumulation of capital
2. Like most homeowners, her house is her biggest capital asset.
3. The governor wasted his political capital on an unpopular issue.
4. She's been accused of trying to make capital out of the tragedy. [=of trying to use the tragedy to her advantage; of trying to benefit from the tragedy]
• a letter in the form A, B, C, etc.
• a city in which the main offices of a government are located
1. the state/provincial capital
2. Austin is the capital of Texas.
3. Beijing is China's capital.
• the most important city for an activity or product
1. New York City is the media capital of the United States.
2. This town is the region's cultural capital.