ADJ
fixed, starting working foreign, private equity, investment, share risk, venture
VERB + CAPITAL
have We don't have enough capital to buy new premises accumulate, attract, borrow, generate, raise He had various ideas on how to raise capital for the project invest, provide, put (up), sink The company has put a lot of capital into the project. We can't expect the government to put up the capital. He sank vast amounts of capital in the venture free up, release, unlock tie up Our capital is all tied up in property
CAPITAL + NOUN
assets, goods, resources, stock costs, expenditure, investment, outlay, repayment, spending accumulation, growth account grant project investment in major capital projects gain, loss flows, inflow, movement, outflow, receipt value the capital value of the property market
PHRASES
capital intensive capital intensive industries an injection of capital Inner city areas require a large injection of capital a return on your capital Investors want an immediate return on their capital
ADJ
great, major The department store has branches in all major capitals British, Japanese, etc. foreign provincial, regional, state cultural, financial, etc.
PREP
in a/the ~ the fast pace of life in the capital ~ of
PHRASES
… capital of the world Las Vegas is the gambling capital of the world