Capital may refer to:

Common uses

Capital city A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the ...

, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities *

Capital letter Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...

, an upper-case letter

Economics and social sciences

Capital (economics) In economics, capital goods or capital are "those durable produced goods that are in turn used as productive inputs for further production" of goods and services. At the macroeconomic level, "the nation's capital stock includes buildings, e ...

, the durable produced goods used for further production *

Economic capital In finance, mainly for financial services firms, economic capital (ecap) is the amount of risk capital, assessed on a realistic basis, which a firm requires to cover the risks that it is running or collecting as a going concern, such as market r ...

Financial capital Financial capital (also simply known as capital or equity in finance, accounting and economics) is any economic resource measured in terms of money used by entrepreneurs and businesses to buy what they need to make their products or to provid ...

, an economic resource measured in terms of money *

Capital (Marxism) Capital is a central concept in Marxian critique of political economy, and in Marxian thought more generally. Marxists view capital as a social relation reproduced by the continuous expenditure of wage labour. Labour and capital are viewed as ...

, a central concept in Marxian critique of political economy * Capital good * Natural capital * Public capital * Human capital * Instructional capital *

Social capital Social capital is "the networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society, enabling that society to function effectively". It involves the effective functioning of social groups through interpersonal relationship ...

Architecture and buildings

Capital (architecture) In architecture the capital (from the Latin ''caput'', or "head") or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster). It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column's suppo ...

, the topmost member of a column or pilaster * Capital (fortification), a proportion of a bastion *

The Capital (building) The Capital is a 19-story building situated in Bandra Kurla Complex The Bandra Kurla Complex is a business and residential district in the city of Mumbai, India. It is a prominent upscale commercial hub which commands some of the h ...

, a commercial building in Mumbai, India

Arts, entertainment and media

Literature

Books

* '' Das Kapital'' ('Capital: Critique of Political Economy'), a foundational theoretical text by Karl Marx * '' Capital: The Eruption of Delhi'', a 2014 book by Rana Dasgupta * ''Capital'' (novel), by John Lanchester, 2012 * '' Capital in the Twenty-First Century'' by Thomas Piketty, 2013

Periodicals

* ''Capital'' (French magazine), a French-language magazine * ''Capital'' (German magazine), a German-language magazine * ''Capital'' (newspaper), in Bulgaria * ''Capital'' (Romanian newspaper) * ''Capital'' (Ukrainian newspaper) * ''Kapital'' (newspaper), in North Macedonia * ''Kapital'' (magazine), in Norway * ''Capital'' (Ethiopia), a newspaper * ''

Capital New York ''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American, German-owned political journalism newspaper company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and inte ...

'', an online news site owned by ''Politico'' * ''

A Capital ''A Capital'' (meaning ''The Capital ity' in English) was a Portuguese afternoon newspaper published in Lisbon, Portugal, between 1968 and 2005. History and profile ''A Capital'' was first published on 21 February 1968. The paper was establ ...

'', a defunct daily newspaper in Lisbon, Portugal * ''

The Capital ''The Capital'' (also known as ''Capital Gazette'' as its online nameplate and informally), the Sunday edition is called ''The Sunday Capital'', is a daily newspaper published by Capital Gazette Communications in Annapolis, Maryland, to serv ...

'', a daily newspaper based in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.

Film and television

* ''Capital'' (film), a 2012 French drama * ''Capital'' (Iranian TV series), 2011–2020 * ''Capital'' (British TV series), a 2015 adaptation of Lanchester's novel * Capital TV, a former British rolling-music TV channel *

Capital TV (Belarus) Capital Television (CTV) ( be, СТБ (Сталічнае тэлебачанне)) is a state-owned TV channel in Belarus covering the whole country. The corresponding closed joint-stock company "russian: Столичное телевидени� ...

, a TV channel *

CTC (TV station) CTC is a television station in Canberra, Australia. The station was the tenth to begin transmission in regional Australia, and the 26th station in Australia as a whole. CTC has an affiliation agreement to show content from Network 10. Just as i ...

, formerly called Capital Television, Ten Capital and Capital 7 *

Capital Television (New Zealand) Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used fo ...

, a former television channel in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand.

Music

* Capital (band), a British band * ''Capital'' (album), by Mick Softley, 1976 * "Capital (It Fails Us Now)", a song by Gang of Four from the 1982 album ''

Another Day/Another Dollar ''Another Day/Another Dollar'' is a 12" vinyl EP by Gang of Four, released in 1982 in the US, by Warner Bros. Records. The release is a compilation of material previously unreleased in the US. The first two tracks were released in the UK as a si ...

Radio

* Capital Radio (disambiguation), several uses * Capital (radio network), a network of British local radio stations

Education

Capital College (disambiguation) Capital College may refer to: * Penn State Harrisburg, U.S., also called The Capital College * Capital Community College, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. * Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary and Graduate School, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. * ...

, the name of several institutions * Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary and Graduate School, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. * Capital Community College, in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. * Capital University, in Bexley, Ohio, U.S. *

Capital University, Jharkhand Capital University, Jharkhand (CUJ) is a private university located at Koderma, Jharkhand, India. It was established in 2018 by the Ch. Charan Singh Educational Society under the ''Capital University Act, 2018'', following the approval of th ...

, India

Sports

Capital CF Capital Clube de Futebol, known in English as Capital CF, is a Brazilian football club based in Brasília, Distrito Federal. The club was formerly known as Sociedade Esportiva Maringá and Capital/Cristalina. History The club was founded on July ...

, a Brazilian football club * Delhi Capitals, an Indian cricket team * Delhi Capitals (basketball), India * Edinburgh Capitals, a Scottish ice-hockey team *

Edmonton Capitals The Edmonton Capitals, originally the Edmonton Cracker-Cats, were a Canadian professional independent minor league baseball team that played between 2005 and 2011 in several leagues. The Capitals are based in Edmonton, Alberta, and are currently ...

, a Canadian baseball team * University of Canberra Capitals, an Australian women's basketball team * Vienna Capitals, an Austrian ice-hockey team *

Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, a ...

, an American ice hockey team

Transportation

* ''Capital'' (sidewheeler), a 19th-century American steamboat * Capital Airlines (disambiguation), several uses *

Capital ship The capital ships of a navy are its most important warships; they are generally the larger ships when compared to other warships in their respective fleet. A capital ship is generally a leading or a primary ship in a naval fleet. Strategic i ...

, a classification of a naval vessel

Other uses

Capitals (typeface) Capitals is a serif font composed entirely of capital letters. Uppercase keystrokes produced normal capitals, while lowercase produced a small caps variant. Capitals was one of the available operating system fonts that could be applied to the Mac ...

, a serif font composed entirely of capital letters