CAPITALIZES Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

capitalizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of capitalize

as in subsidizes

to provide money for several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture

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The academy is unusual because the series subsidizes drivers taking part, with backing from F1 ownership and its own sponsors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Florida already subsidizes education for families who can pay.

— Erika Donalds, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of subsidizes

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The taxing district that funds services and events within Wynwood, the Wynwood Business Improvement District (BID), called the plans a milestone for the neighborhood’s long-term growth.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
The budget keeps $40 million for Metro’s Infrastructure Improvement Program, which funds roadway work on streets used by buses.

— Ryan Nickerson, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of funds

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Leaders should understand whether the capital creates a path to sustainable value or simply finances the next fundraising round.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Selling the 210 put and 245 call, each 10 points further from the money, generates a credit that partially finances the trade.

— Julia Spina, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of finances

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The Elysabeth Kleinhans Theatrical Foundation underwrites most of the cost of our three performance spaces, equipment, and support services.

— Brian Beirne, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
But that spread is the distance between the single best market in America and the average one, measured after the year ended, and nobody underwrites to hindsight.

— Tony Julianelle, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of underwrites

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The other half came from the Fund for Policy Reform, a nonprofit that’s part of Soros’ Open Society Foundations, which supports progressive organizations and whose board is chaired by his son, Alex Soros.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Pearlman supports campus efforts to create foundations for scholarships and lobbying Sacramento and Washington to keep funding, including student aid, at necessary levels.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of supports

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This extreme foregrounding of character in terms of action endows the cast with a retrospective air of typecasting, in a positive sense—the actors seem made for their parts, coalescing with their characters temperamentally.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2026
The catharsis of moments like this—and the unpredictability with which they’re deployed—endows Oen Sujet’s music with delight worth chasing, but the climb doesn’t always feel equal to the drop.

— Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026

Definition of endows

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