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Capital

By Kimberly Amadeo, About.com

Definition: Capital is basically any financial asset, including money, stocks and bonds.
Also Known As: money, stocks, bonds, investments, leverage
Common Misspellings: capitol, captial
Examples:
If a company is well-capitalized, it has a lot of money.

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