Capitalization

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Capitalization is writing a word with its initial letter in uppercase and remaining letters in lowercase. Capitalization may also refer to:

• choice of case in text (choosing from ALLCAPS, Capitalized, CamelCase, etc.)
• an issue of shares by a company known as a Rights issue
• the degree to which a bank or depository institution is meeting its capital requirement and/or capital adequacy ratio
  • see also undercapitalization
• market capitalization, a measurement of corporate or economic size equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding of a public company
• adding a capital expenditure to an asset account in accountancy
• taking advantage of an opportunity

See also

• capital
• capitalism

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