1. - see capitalize

1. convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital

Synonym: capitalize

2. consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses

Synonym: capitalize

3. compute the present value of a business or an income

Synonym: capitalize

4. write in capital letters

Synonym: capitalize

5. draw advantages from

e.g. he is capitalizing on her mistake
she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover

Synonym: capitalizetake advantage

6. supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders

Synonym: capitalize