[f. CAPITALIZE + -ATION.]
1. The action of converting into capital, or of representing an annual income or payment by its capital value.
1860. Sat. Rev., IX. 3/2. Her creditors … agreed to the capitalization of their overdue dividends.
1885. Sir H. Cotton, in Law Rep., 30 Chanc. Div. 243. The profits … were to be capitalized, and she was only to have the income arising from that capitalization.
2. Conversion into a capital city.
1865. Pall Mall Gaz., 9 Oct., 10/1. Florence is being summarily subjected to the advantages of capitalization.
3. The action of printing in capitals.
1864. in Webster, etc.
