Definition of "capital" []

• A town or city that is the official seat of government in a political entity, such as a state or nation. (noun)
• A city that is the center of a specific activity or industry: the financial capital of the world. (noun)
• Wealth in the form of money or property, used or accumulated in a business by a person, partnership, or corporation. (noun)
• Material wealth used or available for use in the production of more wealth. (noun)
• Human resources considered in terms of their contributions to an economy: "[The] swift unveiling of his . . . plans provoked a flight of human capital” ( George F. Will). (noun)

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• "INDEPENDENCE FOR MANZHOUGUO (Manchukuo, the “Manchu state, ” Manchuria) was proclaimed; it consisted of the former three eastern provinces and Rehe (Jehol), with a capital at Xinjing (“new capital”), formerly Changchun."
• "I therefore call it the variable part of capital, or, shortly, _variable capital_."
• "I therefore call it the constant part of capital, or, more briefly, _constant capital_."