impro (iou) and capital(1) (iou)

impro (iou)

impro noun. slang. L20.
[Abbreviation: cf. IMPROV.]
Improvisation in performance.

capital adjective & noun2. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin capitalis, from caput, capit- head: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
I. Relating to the head.
Of or pertaining to the head or top. ME-L17.
Involving loss of the head or life; vitally injurious, fatal. LME.
Caxton To have capytal sentence & be beheded. fig.: W. H. Prescott In the outset, he seems to have fallen into a capital error.
b. Of an enemy, enmity: deadly, mortal. LME-M18.
c. Of a crime etc.: punishable by death. E16.
II. Standing at the head (lit. & fig.).
Chief, principal; important, leading. LME.
W. Blackstone The eldest son had the capital fee..of his father's possessions. T. Warton The cloister..of some capital monastery. R. W. Dale The old traditions..made Obedience the capital virtue of childhood.
Orig. (of a letter or word), standing at the head of a page, passage, etc. Now (of a letter), having the form and size used to begin a sentence, proper name, etc. LME.
a with a capital A (or similar phr.) emphatically a , the real or quintessential a .
W. van T. Clark When Joyce spoke about Davies he said 'he' as if it had a capital H.
Of funds, stock, etc.: original, serving as a basis for commercial or financial operations. E18.
Adam Smith The capital stock of Great Britain was not diminished even by the enormous expense of the late war.
Excellent, first-rate. Freq. as an exclam. of approval. colloq. M18.
B. Jowett Capital, Socrates; by the gods, that is truly good. A. Moorehead He is a capital officer, zealous and untiring in the performance of his duties.
b. noun.
A capital letter. LME.
small capitals: see SMALL adjective.
The stock with which a company or person enters into business; the total sum of shareholders' contributions in a joint-stock company; accumulated wealth, esp. as used in further production. M16.
fixed capital: invested in permanent assets such as land, buildings, machinery, etc. make capital out of fig. turn to account, turn to one's own advantage. organic composition of capital: see ORGANIC adjective. refugee capital: see REFUGEE adjective. working capital: available for the actual carrying-on of business.
Burke You began ill..You set up your trade without a capital. F. Raphael Lack of capital prevented Nat's buying a practice. H. Macmillan A widespread desire that..economic development should be..supported by British capital.
b. The holders of wealth as a class; capitalists, employers of labour. M19.
W. Holtby Here gallant Labour, with nothing to lose but its chains, would fight entrenched and armoured Capital.
A capital town or city. M17.
Special collocations & comb.: capital adequacy the statutory minimum reserves of capital which a bank or Other financial institution must have available. capital gain profit from the sale of investments or property. capital goods goods (to be) used in producing Commodities, as opp. to consumer goods. capital-intensive adjective requiring much use of capital. capital levy the appropriation by the State of a proportion of a nation's private wealth. capital punishment infliction of death by an authorized public authority as punishment for a crime. capital ship a battleship or Other large warship. capital sum a lump sum of money, esp. one payable to an insured person. capital territory: containing the capital city of a country. capital transfer tax: levied on the transfer of capital by gift, bequest, etc. (in Britain 1975-86).
capitalling noun the furnishing of a word with a capital letter L17.
capitally adverb in a capital manner E17.

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