Capital Definition–noun | 1. | the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.: Tokyo is the capital of Japan. | | 2. | a city regarded as being of special eminence in some field of activity: New York is the dance capital of the world. | | 4. | the wealth, whether in money or property, owned or employed in business by an individual, firm, corporation, etc. | | 5. | an accumulated stock of such wealth. | | 6. | any form of wealth employed or capable of being employed in the production of more wealth. | | 7. | Accounting. | a. | assets remaining after deduction of liabilities; the net worth of a business. | | b. | the ownership interest in a business. | | | 8. | any source of profit, advantage, power, etc.; asset: His indefatigable drive is his greatest capital. | | 9. | capitalists as a group or class (distinguished from labor ): High taxation has reduced the spending power of capital. | –adjective | 10. | pertaining to financial capital: capital stock. | | 11. | principal; highly important: This guide offers suggestions of capital interest to travelers. | | 12. | chief, esp. as being the official seat of government of a country, state, etc.: the capital city of France. | | 13. | excellent or first-rate: a capital hotel; a capital fellow. | | 15. | involving the loss of life: capital punishment. | | 16. | punishable by death: a capital crime; a capital offender. | | 17. | fatal; extremely serious: a capital error. | |
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One Definition–adjective | 1. | being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake. | | 2. | being a person, thing, or individual instance or member of a number, kind, group, or category indicated: one member of the party. | | 3. | existing, acting, or considered as a single unit, entity, or individual. | <
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/tr> | 4. | of the same or having a single kind, nature, or condition: We belong to one team; We are of one resolve. | | 5. | noting some indefinite day or time in the future: You will see him one day. | | 6. | a certain (often used in naming a person otherwise unknown or undescribed): One John Smith was chosen. | | 7. | being a particular, unique, or only individual, item, or unit: I'm looking for the one adviser I can trust. | | 8. | noting some indefinite day or time in the past: We all had dinner together one evening last week. | | 9. | of no consequence as to the character, outcome, etc.; the same: It's all one to me whether they go or not. | –noun | 10. | the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity. | | 11. | a symbol of this number, as 1 or I. | | 12. | a single person or thing: If only problems would come one at a time! | | 13. | a die face or a domino face having one pip. | | 14. | a one-dollar bill: to change a five-dollar bill for five ones. | | 15. | (initial capital letter ) Neoplatonism. the ultimate reality, seen as a central source of being by whose emanations all entities, spiritual and corporeal, have their existence, the corporeal ones containing the fewest of the emanations. | –pronoun | 16. | a person or thing of a number or kind indicated or understood: one of the Elizabethan poets. | | 17. | (in certain pronominal combinations) a person unless definitely specified otherwise: every one. | | 18. | (with a defining clause or other qualifying words) a person or a personified being or agency: the evil one; the one I love. | | 19. | any person indefinitely; anyone: as good as one would desire. | | 20. | Chiefly British. (used as a substitute for the pronoun I): Mother had been ailing for many months, and one should have realized it. | | 21. | a person of the speaker's kind; such as the speaker himself or herself: to press one's own claims. | | 22. | something or someone of the kind just mentioned: The portraits are fine ones. Your teachers this semester seem to be good ones. | | 23. | something available or referred to, esp. in the immediate area: Here, take one—they're delicious. The bar is open, so have one on me! | —Idioms | 24. | at one, | a. | in a state of agreement; of one opinion. | | b. | united in thought or feeling; attuned: He felt at one with his Creator. | | | 25. | one and all, everyone: They came, one and all, to welcome him home. | | 26. | one by one, singly and successively: One by one the children married and moved away. | | 27. | one for the road. road (def. 9). | |
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Credit Definition–noun | 1. | commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due. | | 2. | a source of pride or honor: You are a credit to your school. | | 3. | the ascription or acknowledgment of something as due or properly attributable to a person, institution, etc.: She got a screen credit for photography. | | 4. | trustworthiness; credibility: a witness of credit. | | 5. | confidence in a purchaser's ability and intention to pay, displayed by entrusting the buyer with goods or services without immediate payment. | | 6. | reputation of solvency and probity, entitling a person to be trusted in buying or borrowing: Your credit is good. | | 7. | influence or authority resulting from the confidence of others or from one's reputat
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ion. | | 8. | time allowed for payment for goods or services obtained on trust: 90 days' credit. | | 9. | repute; reputation; esteem. | | 10. | a sum of money due to a person; anything valuable standing on the credit side of an account: He has an outstanding credit of $50. | | 11. | Education. | a. | official acceptance and recording of the work completed by a student in a particular course of study. | | | 12. | Bookkeeping. | a. | an entry of payment or value received on an account. | | b. | the right-hand side of an account on which such entries are made (opposed to debit ). | | c. | an entry, or the total shown, on the credit side. | | | 13. | any deposit or sum of money against which a person may draw. | –verb (used with object) | 14. | to believe; put confidence in; trust; have faith in. | | 15. | to bring honor, esteem, etc., to; reflect well upon. | | 16. | Bookkeeping. to enter upon the credit side of an account; give credit for or to. | | 17. | Education. to award educational credits to (often fol. by with): They credited me with three hours in history. | —Verb phrase | 18. | credit to or with, to ascribe to a (thing, person, etc.): In former times many herbs were credited with healing powers. | —Idioms | 19. | do someone credit, to be a source of honor or distinction for someone. Also, do credit to someone. | | 20. | on credit, by deferred payment: Everything they have was bought on credit. | | 21. | to one's credit, deserving of praise or recognition; admirable: It is to his credit that he freely admitted his guilt. | |
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