noun

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

2. Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.

   “He does not have enough capital to start a business.”

3. A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.

   “The Welsh government claims that Cardiff is Europe’s youngest capital.”

Synonyms: caps, majuscule

adjective

1. Of prime importance.

2. Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.

   “London and Paris are capital cities.”

3. Excellent.

   “That is a capital idea!”