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capital

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UK /ˈkæpɪtl/US /ˈkæpɪtl/
adjective

having the form and size used at the beginning of a sentence or a name

noun

the most important town or city of a country or region, where the government operates from

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Working on improvised tables in the garage of his Seattle home and using his parents' savings as startup capital, Jeff defied the forces that cause most young companies to fail.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University

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so there's quite a lot of capital also—I should make that point—quite a lot of capital that's sort of entering this entrepreneurial space sector as well.

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With IBM, we are creating Revolution's core processor, which we have named Broadway—because Broadway is the capital of live entertainment.

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