Capital
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Capital may refer to:
- Capital city, the area of a country, province, region, or state, regarded as enjoying primary status, usually but not always the seat of the government
- Capital (economics), a factor of production that is not wanted for itself but for its ability to help in producing other goods
- Capital (architecture), the crowning member of a column or a pilaster
- A capital letter
- Five Capitals, a model of sustainable development developed by the organization Forum for the Future
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Forms of capital
- Capital requirement or "bank capital", the requirement that banks keep certain monetary reserves
- Financial capital, any form of wealth capable of being employed in the production of more wealth
- Human capital, workers' skills and abilities as regards their contribution to an economy
- Infrastructural capital, means of production other than natural capital.
- Natural capital, the resources of an ecosystem that yields a flow of goods and services into the future
- Physical capital, any non-human asset made by humans and then used in production
- Political capital, means by which a politician or political party may gain support or popularity
- Social capital, the value of social networks to society and the human economy
- Working capital, short term capital needed by the company to finance its operations
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Publications
- Capital (French magazine), a French-language magazine
- Capital (German magazine), a German-language magazine
- The Capital, a daily newspaper based in Annapolis, Maryland, USA
- Capital (newspaper), a Bulgarian business-oriented weekly newspaper
- Capital (Romanian newspaper), a Romanian business-oriented weekly newspaper
- Das Kapital, by Karl Marx
- Capital Ethiopia, also known as Capital, an Ethiopian business-oriented weekly English-language newspaper
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Sociology
- Cultural capital, forms of knowledge, valued by a society
- Social capital, the advantages available to a person or group of people through their position in a network of relationships
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Colleges, Seminaries, and Universities
- Capital College, also called Penn State Harrisburg, is an undergraduate college and graduate school of the Pennsylvania State University with its main campus located in Middletown, Pennsylvania
- Capital Community College, a community college in Hartford, Connecticut
- Capital Bible Seminary, the seminary component of Washington Bible College with its main campus in Lanham, Maryland
- Capital University, a four-year private university in Columbus, Ohio
- Capitol College, a private, non-profit, and non-sectarian college located just south of Laurel, Maryland
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Other
- Capital Airlines (UK), an airline operating from the UK from 1987 to 1992
- Capital (architecture), the crowning member of a pillar or column
- Capital (fortification), a proportion of a bastion
- Capital letter, an upper-case letter in a writing system
- Capital punishment, the sentence of death
- Washington Capitals, a National Hockey League Team (USA)
- Edinburgh Capitals, a Scottish ice-hockey team
- Edmonton Capitals, a baseball team
- 95.8 Capital FM, a radio station in London
- Capitals (typeface), a small-caps serif typeface
- Capital ships are a classification of naval vessel
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Etymology
From the Latin capitalis, "of the head." Use in trade and finance originated in Medieval economies when a common but expensive transaction involved trading heads of cattle.
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See also
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