capital

noun9

1. •
   a city where the government of a country, or of one part of it, is based

   • Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America.
   • The Welsh government claims that Cardiff is Europe’s youngest capital.
2. •
   The most important city in the field specified.

   • Hollywood is the film capital, New York the theater capital, Las Vegas the gambling capital. — 2010
3. •
   Money and wealth: the means to acquire or produce goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.

   • He does not have enough capital to start a business.
4. •
   Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as tools and bulldozers (equipment) and office buildings (structures).

   • He pointed out that it takes both labour and capital to produce goods.
5. •
   An uppercase letter.
6. •
   The capitalist class; investors considered collectively with respect to their societal (economic, political, cultural, etc.) influence.

   • The markets crashing symbolized capital’s discontent with the tax reforms passed.
   • He warned us darkly that capital will never be sated.
7. •
   Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.

   • Interpreters need a good amount of cultural capital in order to function efficiently in the profession.
8. •
   The uppermost part of a column.
9. •
   The chief or most important thing.

adjective7

1. •
   Of prime importance.

   • whatever is capital and essential in Christianity — 1852
2. •
   Uppercase.

   • One begins a sentence with a capital letter.
3. •
   Used to emphasise greatness or absoluteness.

   • You're a genius with a capital G!
   • He's dead with a capital D!
4. •
   Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death.

   • Some 1,600 priests were deported, for example, while the total number of capital victims of the military commissions down to 1799 was only around 150. — 2002
5. •
   Chief (in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation).

   • London and Paris are capital cities.
6. •
   (UK, old-fashioned) Excellent.

   • That is a capital idea!
7. •
   Of or relating to the head.

   • Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise / Expect with mortal pain. — 1667

exclamation1

1. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight.

   • That's an amazing idea! Capital!

noun1

1. •
   A governorate in northern Bahrain.