All 6 Uses of
capital
in
Atlas Shrugged
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- The average profit of railroads has been two per cent of the capital invested.†
Chpt 1.8
- This is the capital of the Renaissance.†
Chpt 1.8 *
- I'm going to expand the mills-and if she can give me three-day freight service to Colorado, I'll give you a race for who's going to be the capital of the Renaissance!†
Chpt 1.8
- After many telephone conferences with the capital, the boy announced that customers would get five hundred tons of the Metal each, in the order of the dates of their applications.†
Chpt 2.1
- "The farmers of South Dakota," Wesley Mouch reported to Mr. Thompson, next morning, "are marching on the state capital, burning every government building on their way, and every home worth more than ten thousand dollars."†
Chpt 3.8
- The new capital of the People's Commonwealth is Harmony City, henceforth to be known as Meigsville!†
Chpt 3.9
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.