CAPITAL

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capital¹ I. adjectiv

1. principal, de căpetenie, fundamental, esenţial, vital, necesar; capital.

2. excelent, minunat, splendid;

capital speech discurs minunat, magistral;

(fam.) that’s capital straşnic! minunat!;

we had (some) capital fun ne-am distrat de minune.

3. (jur.) capital; criminal, penal.

capital¹ II. substantiv

1. capitală (oraş).

2. majusculă, literă mare;

to speak in capitals a vorbi apăsat (accentuind anumite cuvinte).

capital² substantiv

1. (ec.) capital;

acting / circulating / rolling / working capital capital circulant / de exploatare;

dead capital capital mort;

floating capital capital circulant;

monopoly capital capital monopolist;

share capital capitalul unei societăţi pe acţiuni, fond social;

the fight between labour and capital lupta dintre muncă şi capital.

2. (fig.) venit, sursă (de profit);

to make capital (out) of a scoate profit din, a realiza venituri de pe urma (cu gen.)

capital³ substantiv

(arhit.) capitel.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

My opinion of the coal trade on that river is, that it may require talent, but that it certainly requires capital.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Of course she did, and had a capital time.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“Capital! An excellent start!” he cried suddenly.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By eleven o’clock the next day we were well upon our way to the old English capital.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Our instrument is a capital one, probably superior to—You shall try it some day.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

A likeness pleases every body; and Miss Woodhouse's performances must be capital.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

He had also a check-book on the Woolwich branch of the Capital and Counties Bank.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Oh! it would be a capital match for either of his sisters.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Sotherton was a word to catch Mrs. Norris, and being just then in the happy leisure which followed securing the odd trick by Sir Thomas's capital play and her own against Dr. and Mrs. Grant's great hands, she called out, in high good-humour, Sotherton!

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Its capital is Saltillo.

(Coahuila, NCI Thesaurus)

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