All 4 Uses of
capital
in
Babbitt
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Where d' you think you'd be if it wasn't for our capital behind you, and our lists of properties, and all the prospects we find for you?†
Chpt 6
- Nor was Galop de Vache, the state capital, to be slighted.†
Chpt 13
- Orators were announcing that "Galop de Vache, the Capital City, the site of Kremer College and of the Upholtz Knitting Works, is the recognized center of culture and high-class enterprise;" and that "Hamburg, the Big Little City with the Logical Location, where every man is open-handed and every woman a heaven-born hostess, throws wide to you her hospitable gates."†
Chpt 13
- Oh, capital.†
Chpt 19 *
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Capital has many other senses including an uppercase letter (such as B in contrast to b); and anything that is more important than other similar things -- especially a city from which a nation is governed. Capital is often confused with capitol which is the building (or buildings) from which a nation is governed. See a comprehensive dictionary for other senses of capital.