capital1

noun

• 1 (also capital city or town) the city or town that functions as the seat of government and administrative centre of a country or region:Warsaw is the capital of Poland
• [with modifier] a place associated more than any other with a specified activity or product:the fashion capital of the world

• 2 [mass noun] wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available for a purpose such as starting a company or investing:rates of return on invested capital were high
• the excess of a company’s assets over its liabilities.
• people who possess wealth and use it to control a society’s economic activity, considered collectively:a conflict of interest between capital and labour
• [with modifier] a valuable resource of a particular kind:there is insufficient investment in human capital

• 3 (also capital letter) a letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names:he wrote the name in capitals

adjective

• 1 [attributive] (of an offence or charge) liable to the death penalty:murder is the only capital crime in the state

• 2 [attributive] (of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names.

• 3 informal, dated excellent:he’s a really capital fellow

exclamation

• used to express approval, satisfaction, or delight:That’s splendid! Capital!