- capital
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 money used to start a business, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ risk, venture▪
They are hoping to attract funding from venture-capital firms.
▪ fixed▪ seed (esp. AmE), start-up▪ equity, investment, share▪ working▪ foreign, private▪ human, intellectual, knowledge, political, social (all figurative)VERB + CAPITAL▪ have▪We don't have enough capital to buy new premises.
▪ accumulate, acquire, amass▪ attract, borrow, generate, raise▪He had various ideas on how to raise capital for the project.
▪ invest, provide, put, put up, sink▪The company has put a lot of capital into the project.
▪We can't expect the government to put up the capital.
▪He sank vast amounts of capital in the venture.
▪ allocate, expend▪ free, free up, release (esp. BrE), unlock (esp. BrE)▪ tie up▪Our capital is all tied up in property.
CAPITAL + NOUN▪ assets, goods, resources, stock▪ costs, expenditure, investment, outlay, repayment (esp. BrE), spending▪ accumulation, growth▪ account▪ fund, funding, grant▪He secured $175 million in capital funding from investors.
▪ campaign (AmE), project▪We are launching a capital campaign to renovate the historic building.
▪investment in major capital projects
▪ gain, gains, loss▪capital gains tax
▪ flows, inflow, mobility, movement, outflow▪ receipt (esp. BrE)▪ value▪the capital value of the property
▪ marketPHRASES▪ capital and labour/labor▪Both capital and labor were scarce.
▪ an injection of capital▪Inner city areas require a large injection of capital.
▪ a return on your capital▪Investors want an immediate return on their capital.
2 cityADJECTIVE▪ great, major▪The department store has branches in all major capitals.
▪ British, Japanese, etc.▪ foreign▪ provincial, regional, state▪ cultural, finance, financial, etc.PREPOSITION▪ in a/the capital▪the fast pace of life in the capital
▪ capital ofPHRASES▪ the … capital of the world▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Las Vegas is the gambling capital of the world.
adj.Capital is used with these nouns: ↑accumulation, ↑asset, ↑budget, ↑city, ↑cost, ↑crime, ↑distribution, ↑expenditure, ↑expense, ↑export, ↑flow, ↑goods, ↑grant, ↑income, ↑injection, ↑investment, ↑letter, ↑market, ↑mobility, ↑murder, ↑offence, ↑outlay, ↑project, ↑punishment, ↑receipt, ↑repayment, ↑requirement, ↑reserve, ↑resource, ↑spending, ↑stock, ↑sum, ↑tax, ↑transfer
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
