CAPITALIZATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does capitalization mean?
• CAPITALIZATION (noun)
The noun CAPITALIZATION has 4 senses:
1. writing in capital letters
2. an estimation of the value of a business
3. the act of capitalizing on an opportunity
4. the sale of capital stock
Familiarity information: CAPITALIZATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CAPITALIZATION (noun)
Meaning:
Writing in capital letters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
capitalisation; capitalization
Hypernyms ("capitalization" is a kind of...):
writing (letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language)
Meaning:
An estimation of the value of a business
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
capitalisation; capitalization
Hypernyms ("capitalization" is a kind of...):
estimate; estimation (a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capitalization"):
market capitalisation; market capitalization (an estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a share)
Meaning:
The act of capitalizing on an opportunity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
capitalisation; capitalization
Hypernyms ("capitalization" is a kind of...):
development; exploitation (the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful)
Meaning:
The sale of capital stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
capitalisation; capitalization
Hypernyms ("capitalization" is a kind of...):
marketing; merchandising; selling (the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capitalization"):
overcapitalisation; overcapitalization ((business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants))
