capital

the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

of primary importance

“our capital concern was to avoid defeat”

wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value

the federal government of the United States

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

“printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters”

assets available for use in the production of further assets

uppercase

“capital A”

a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories

a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product

“the crime capital of Italy”

a seat of government

first-rate

“a capital fellow”