Note: When wealth is used to assist production it is called capital. The capital of a civilized community includes fixed capital (i.e. buildings, machines, and roads used in the course of production and exchange) amd circulating capital (i.e., food, fuel, money, etc., spent in the course of production and exchange). T. Raleing.
5. Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence. He tried to make capital out of his rival's discomfiture. London Times.
6. (Fort.)
Defn: An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.
7. A chapter, or section, of a book. [Obs.] Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital. Sir W. Scott.
8. (Print.)
Defn: See Capital letter, under Capital, a. Active capital. See under
Active, — Small capital (Print.), a small capital letter. See under
Capital, a.
— To live on one's capital, to consume one's capital without
producing or accumulating anything to replace it.
CAPITALIST
Cap"i*tal*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. capitaliste.]
Defn: One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money
invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in
business.
The expenditure of the capitalist. Burke.
CAPITALIZATION
Cap"i*tal*i*za`tion, n.