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capitalization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree English capitalize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English capitalization From capitalize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) American and Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalisation.
   • And while Brazil's Telebras and South Africa's Anglo American Corp. again rank among the world's top emerging-market groups, their market capitalizations are also down from last year. 1998 July 13, Kerry Capell et al., “Emerging Markets: The Winners in a Losing Year”, in Businessweek, retrieved 10 Jul 2015:
   • I doubt if one of them was interested in any business the total capitalization of which exceeded a couple of hundred thousand dollars. 1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

decapitalization · autocapitalization · undercapitalization · bicapitalization · recapitalization · overcapitalization · uncapitalization · miscapitalization