capitalization

ca·pi·tal·i·za·tion
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/ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

noun

American and Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalisation.

Less commonScrabble 27

Meanings

nouncapitalization (countable and uncountable, plural capitalizations)

plural capitalizations

  1. 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., →OCLC
    1 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

nounwriting in capital letters

Broader

nounan estimation of the value of a business

nounthe act of capitalizing on an opportunity

nounthe sale of capital stock

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

capitalization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capitalization

MLA

“capitalization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capitalization. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “capitalization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capitalization.

Source: capitalization on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.