capitalization
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From capitalize + -ation.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tal‧i‧za‧tion
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]capitalization (countable and uncountable, plural capitalizations)
- US and Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalisation.
- 1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:
- I doubt if one of them was interested in any business the total capitalization of which exceeded a couple of hundred thousand dollars.
- 1998 July 13, Kerry Capell et al., “Emerging Markets: The Winners in a Losing Year”, in Businessweek, retrieved 10 July 2015:
- 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.