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kapitalizować

//ka.pi.ta.liˈzɔ.vat͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 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. 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. 3.
    to be capitalized
  4. 4.
    literaryto capitalize (to acquire a pool of knowledge, experience and skills)
  5. 5.
    to capitalize (to convert an economy or part of it to a capitalist structure)
  6. 6.
    to capitalize (in writing or editing, to write in capital letters, in upper case)

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of French capitaliser + -ować. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English capitalize. First attested in 1832.

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