(US, health care) To pay health-care providers using a capitation system.

(anatomy) Having a distinct globular tip. / (botany) Forming a dense, head-like cluster, such as the inflorescences of composites.

(uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).

American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalisation.

Of prime importance. / Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation. / (comparable, Britain, dated) Excellent.

(politics) A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources or capital.

Performing a headcount; the counting of people. / A poll tax.

simple past tense and past participle of capitalize

plural of capital

Chiefly; principally. / (dated) Excellent. / (not comparable) By capital punishment.