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capital

noun
  1. The monetary resources of a government, organization, or individual: finance (used in plural), fund (used in plural), money (often used in plural). See money
  2. Money or property used to produce more wealth: backing, capitalization, financing, funding, grubstake, stake, subsidization. See help, money
  3. All things, such as money, property, or goods, having economic value: asset (used in plural), fortune, mean 3 (used in plural), resource (used in plural), wealth, wherewithal. See owned
adjective
  1. Most important, influential, or significant: cardinal, chief, first, foremost, key, leading, main, major, number one, paramount, premier, primary, prime, principal, top. See important
  2. Exceptionally good of its kind: ace, banner, blue-ribbon, brag, champion, excellent, fine 1, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop, top. Informal: A-one, bully, dandy, great, swell, topflight, topnotch. Slang: boss. Chiefly British: tophole. See good
  3. Conspicuously bad or offensive: arrant, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank 2. See good
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