capitalization

noun

capitalization

noun

/ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Etymology From capitalize + -ation.

1

American 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:
  • 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:
Derived terms
autocapitalization, bicapitalization, decapitalization, miscapitalization, overcapitalization, recapitalization, uncapitalization, undercapitalization

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