| Main Entry: | capitalization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capital |
Synonyms: |
backing, financing, funding, subsidization |
| Main Entry: | use |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | application; employment |
Synonyms: |
account, adoption, advantage, appliance, applicability, appropriateness, avail, benefit, call, capitalization, cause, convenience, custom, end, exercise, exercising, exertion, fitness, good, habit, handling, help, helpfulness, mileage, mobilization, necessity, need, object, occasion, operation, point, practice, profit, purpose, reason, relevance, service, serviceability, treatment, usability, usage, usefulness, utility, value, way, wear and tear, wont, worth |
| Notes: | the difference between use and usage consists primarily in the fact that the former has a specific, the latter a general sense |
| Main Entry: | capital goods |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | materials used in the production of goods |
Synonyms: |
assets, available funds, available means, available resources, black-ink items, capital, capitalization, cash flow, financial resources, liquid assets, pluses, producer goods, stock in trade |
| Main Entry: | funding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capital |
Synonyms: |
backing, capitalization, cash, financial backing, financing, money, resources, stake |
| Main Entry: | grubstake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capital |
Synonyms: |
CD, IRA, backing, business, capitalization, cash, estate, finances, financing, fortune, funding, funds, gold, interests, investment, kitty, means, money, nest egg, principal, property, resources, savings, stake, stock, subsidization, substance, treasure |
| Main Entry: | subsidization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capital |
Synonyms: |
backing, business, capitalization, cash, estate, finances, financing, fortune, funding, funds, gold, grubstake, interests, investment, kitty, means, money, nest egg, principal, property, resources, savings, stake, stock, substance, treasure, ways and means, wealth, wherewithal |
| Concept: | Use. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; precursory measures |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
use; employ, employment; exercise, exercitation; application, appliance; adhibition, disposal; consumption; agency (physical); usufruct; usefulness; benefit; recourse, resort, avail., [Conversion to use] utilization, service, wear., [Way of using] usage.
-verbs
use, make use of, employ, put to use; put in action, put in operation, put in practice; set in motion, set to work., ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate; play, play off; exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to; take up with, take advantage of; lay one's hands on, try., render useful; mold; turn to account, turn to use; convert to use, utilize; work up; call into play, bring into play; put into requisition; call forth, draw forth; press into service, enlist into the service; bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit, dispose of; make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of., fall back upon, make a shift with; make the most of, make the best of., use up, swallow up; consume, absorb, expend; tax, task, wear, put to task.
-adjectives
in use; used; well-worn, well-trodden., useful; subservient (instrumental).
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Antonyms: |
disuse, misuse |
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