Meanings
plural capitalizations
- countableuncountableAmerican and Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalisation.
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., →OCLC1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
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