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capital
noun
1 Warsaw is the capital of Poland:
first city, most important city, seat of government, center of administration;
metropolis.
2 by 1977 he had amassed enough capital to pull off the property deal of the century:
money, finance(s), funds, the wherewithal, the means, assets, wealth, resources, reserves, deep pockets, stock, principal;
working capital, investment capital;
informal dough, bread, loot, shekels, moolah, the necessary, wad, boodle, dibs, gelt, ducats, rhino, gravy, scratch, stuff, oof;
British, informal dosh, brass, lolly, spondulicks, wonga, ackers, the ready, readies;
North American, informal dinero, greenbacks, simoleons, bucks, jack, mazuma;
Australian, New Zealand, informal Oscar;
informal , dated splosh, green, tin;
British, dated l.s.d.;
North American, informal , dated kale, rocks, shinplasters;
archaic pelf.
3 he wrote the name in capitals:
capital letter, upper-case letter, block capital;
informal cap;
technical uncial, uncial letter, majuscule letter.
adjective
capital letters:
upper-case, block;
technical uncial, majuscule.