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| CANTONMENT | | n. - lodging assigned to troops.
- hist. Permanent military station in india. [french: related to *canton] | |
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| CAPABILITY | | n. (pl. -ies) 1 ability, power.
- undeveloped or unused faculty. | |
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| CAPITALISM | | n. Economic and political system dependent on private capital and profit-making. | |
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| CAPITALIST | | —n. - person investing or possessing capital.
- advocate of capitalism. —adj. Of or favouring capitalism. capitalistic adj. | |
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| CAPITALIZE | | v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) 1 (foll. By on) use to one's advantage.
- convert into or provide with capital.
- a write (a letter of the alphabet) as a capital. B begin (a word) with a capital letter. capitalization n. [french: related to *capital] | |
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| CAPITATION | | n. Tax or fee paid per person. [latin: related to *capital] | |
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| CAPITULATE | | v. (-ting) surrender. capitulation n. [medieval latin, = put under headings] | |
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| CAPPUCCINO | | n. (pl. -s) frothy milky coffee. [italian, = *capuchin] | |
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| CAPRICIOUS | | adj. Subject to whims; unpredictable. capriciously adv. Capriciousness n. | |
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| CARCINOGEN | | n. Substance producing cancer. carcinogenic adj. [related to *carcinoma] | |
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