capital

  • 51capital — cap|i|tal1 W1S3 [ˈkæpıtl] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(city)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(letter)¦ 4¦(centre of activity)¦ 5 make capital from/out of something 6¦(building)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1, 3 4; Date: 1600 1700; Origin: CAPITAL2] [ …

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  • 52capital — According to modern economics, one of four factors of production the others being land, labour, and enterprise. That capital is not, first and foremost, a sum of money, was the great discovery of early political economy , which stressed that… …

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  • 53Capital — 1. n., adj., & int. n. 1 the most important town or city of a country or region, usu. its seat of government and administrative centre. 2 a the money or other assets with which a company starts in business. b accumulated wealth, esp. as used in… …

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  • 54capital — 1. n., adj., & int. n. 1 the most important town or city of a country or region, usu. its seat of government and administrative centre. 2 a the money or other assets with which a company starts in business. b accumulated wealth, esp. as used in… …

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  • 55Capital ß — For a more detailed treatment of this topic, see the German language Wikipedia article Großes ß ß is nearly unique among the letters of the Latin alphabet in that it has no traditional upper case form (one of the few other examples is kra, which… …

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  • 56capital — Synonyms and related words: Grade A, abecedarian, ability, acmatic, advantageous, all absorbing, allographic, alphabetic, apical, arch, art center, ascender, assets, auspicious, available means, back, balance, banner, basic, bastard type, beard,… …

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  • 57Capital —          BLANQUI (Louis Auguste)     Bio express : Théoricien socialiste et révolutionnaire français (1805 1881)     «Le capital est du travail volé.»     Source : Critique sociale     Mot(s) clé(s) : Capital Travail          CONRAD (Joseph)… …

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  • 58capital — 1 1 adj m y f De importancia, interés, tamaño o consecuencias muy grandes: error capital, pena capital, pecado capital 2 s f y adj m y f Población en donde reside el gobierno de un país, de un estado o de una provincia: la capital de la República …

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  • 59capital — {{11}}capital (adj.) early 13c., from L. capitalis of the head, hence capital, chief, first, from caput (gen. capitis) head (see HEAD (Cf. head)). A capital crime (1520s) is one that affects the life or head; capital had a sense of deadly, mortal …

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  • 60capital — 1) The total value of the assets of a person less liabilities. 2) The amount of the proprietors interests in the assets of an organization, less its liabilities. 3) The money contributed by the proprietors to an organization to enable it to… …

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