1. Write in capital letters
   "Please capitalize all proper nouns in your essay";
   - capitalise [Brit]
    
2. Convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
   "The company decided to capitalize its retained earnings to fund expansion";
   - capitalise [Brit]
    
3. Supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
   "The startup was able to capitalize its operations through a mix of venture funding and loans";
   - capitalise [Brit]
    
4. Consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
   "The company capitalized its research and development costs";
   - capitalise [Brit]
    
5. Compute the present value of a business or an income
   "The analysts capitalized the company's future earnings";
   - capitalise [Brit]
    
6. Draw advantages from
   "he is capitalizing on her mistake";
   - capitalise [Brit], take advantage

Derived forms: capitalizing, capitalizes, capitalized

Type of: benefit, calculate, change, cipher, commute, compute, consider, convert, cypher, exchange, figure [N. Amer], furnish, gain, offer, profit, provide, reckon, regard, render, see, supply, view, work out, write

Encyclopedia: Capitalize