kapitalizować
//ka.pi.ta.liˈzɔ.vat͡ɕ//
Polishverb
Definitions
- 1.to capitalize (to add interest to invested capital after a certain period of time, which causes the amount of interest in the next period)
- 2.to capitalize (to convert into capital, i.e., to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income)
- 3.to be capitalized
- 4.literaryto capitalize (to acquire a pool of knowledge, experience and skills)
- 5.to capitalize (to convert an economy or part of it to a capitalist structure)
- 6.to capitalize (in writing or editing, to write in capital letters, in upper case)
Synonyms & related words
Synonyms
Etymology
Adapted borrowing of French capitaliser + -ować. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English capitalize. First attested in 1832.