CAPITALIZE

verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 1764 transitive verb to write or print with an initial capital or in capitals, 2. to convert into capital , to treat as an amortizable investment in long-term capital assets rather than as an ordinary operating expense to be charged against revenue for the period in which it is incurred , 3. to compute the present value of (an income extended over a period of time), to convert (a periodic payment) into an equivalent capital sum , to supply capital for, intransitive verb to gain by turning something to advantage ; profit