capital

Wealth for production

Capital has two unrelated main meanings.

One is money that is used for investment or development: The company attracted $1.5 million of venture capital.

The other is connected with a seat of government (capital city, the capital of Utah).

In architecture, the capital is the top of a column.

Capital may also be short for capital letter.

As an adjective, capital conveys prime importance.

Capital punishment is punishment by death.

letter

uppercase

Capital letter form

font · letterform · small caps · headline · title case · block letters

finance

equity

Impartial treatment or ownership value

investment · portfolio · dividends · securities · liquidity · leverage · credit · debt · currency · exchange

punishment

execution

Completing a planned task

guillotine · gallows · electric chair · firing squad · clemency · commutation · death row

wealth

affluence

Abundance of money

estate · opulence · inheritance · endowment · savings · holdings · net worth · accumulation · means · reserves

city

government

Authority over a state

legislation · federal · headquarters · administration · monument · national · bureaucracy · statehouse · capitol · seat of power

architecture

column

Vertical structural element

architrave · volute · acanthus · frieze · Doric · Ionic · Corinthian · pilaster · abacus · pillar

Categories
Opposites
TYPOGRAPHY (uppercase vs lowercase letters)

capitallowercase

Uncapitalized letter form

lower-case · minuscule · small letter · small · uncapitalized

FINANCE (assets vs obligations)

capitaldebt

Money owed another

liabilities · debts · obligations · expenditure · deficit

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY (seat of government vs other places)

capitalprovincial

Regional or narrow-minded

hinterland · periphery · province · provinces · backwater

Phrases
Family

capitalism, capitalist, capitalize, capitulate, capitals, capitalization, capitalists, decapitate, capitalized

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G