A crime for which the maximum penalty is capital punishment. / A crime for which the maximum penalty is life in prison without parole.

The capital city of a state (national subdivision).

plural of capital letter

(nautical) Any of the most important types of warships, capable of projecting a fleet in being.

A capital letter occurring anywhere in the middle of a word, as in kiSwahili and PlayStation.

(law, accounting, US) The total amount of common and preferred stock (shares) that a company can issue.

Funds spent by a company to acquire or upgrade a long-term asset.

A grant that helps to cover initial costs.

(business) Money invested in an innovative enterprise in which both the potential for profit and the risk of loss are considerable.

(accounting) An account in the net worth section of the balance sheet of an entity such as sole proprietorships and partnerships. In this context, the "capital account" (or, in cases of more than one owner, the "sum of all individual capital accounts") is the residual difference between total assets minus total liabilities, or the "net worth" of the entity. The term should not be confused with similar terms such as "working capital," "capital asset," "capital expenditure," and "capital lease."