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 t ...

, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, 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 provi ...

, an economic resource measured in terms of money * Capital (Marxism), a central concept in Marxian critique of political economy *

Capital good The economic concept of a capital good (also called complex product systems (CoPS),H. Rush, "Managing innovation in complex product systems (CoPS)," IEE Colloquium on EPSRC Technology Management Initiative (Engineering & Physical Sciences Researc ...

Natural capital Natural capital is the world's stock of natural resources, which includes geology, soils, air, water and all living organisms. Some natural capital assets provide people with free goods and services, often called ecosystem services. All of t ...

Public capital Public capital is the aggregate body of government-owned assets that are used as a means for productivity.Aschauer, D. A. (1990). Why is infrastructure important? Conference Series roceedings Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Pp. 21-68. Such asset ...

* Human capital *

Instructional capital Instructional capital is a term used in educational administration after the 1960s, to reflect capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an ...

* Social capital

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 suppor ...

, the topmost member of a column or pilaster *

Capital (fortification) In fortification, the capital of a bastion is a line drawn either from the angle of the polygon to the point of the bastion, or from the point of the bastion to the middle of the gorge A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon'' ...

, a proportion of a bastion * The Capital (building), a commercial building in Mumbai, India

Arts, entertainment and media

Literature

Books

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Das Kapital ''Das Kapital'', also known as ''Capital: A Critique of Political Economy'' or sometimes simply ''Capital'' (german: Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Ökonomie, link=no, ; 1867–1883), is a foundational theoretical text in materialist phi ...

'' ('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 ''Capital in the Twenty-First Century'' (french: Le Capital au XXIe siècle) is a book written by French economist Thomas Piketty. It focuses on wealth and income inequality in Europe and the United States since the 18th century. It was initially ...

'' 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'', an online news site owned by ''Politico'' * ''A Capital'', a defunct daily newspaper in Lisbon, Portugal * ''The Capital'', a daily newspaper based in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.

Film and television

* Capital (film), ''Capital'' (film), a 2012 French drama * Capital (Iranian TV series), ''Capital'' (Iranian TV series), 2011–2020 * Capital (British TV series), ''Capital'' (British TV series), a 2015 adaptation of Lanchester's novel * Capital TV, a former British rolling-music TV channel * Capital TV (Belarus), a TV channel * CTC (TV station), formerly called Capital Television, Ten Capital and Capital 7 * Capital Television (New Zealand), a former television channel in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand.

Music

* Capital (band), a British band * Capital (album), ''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''

Radio

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

Education

* Capital College (disambiguation), 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, India

Sports

* Capital CF, a Brazilian football club * Delhi Capitals, an Indian cricket team * Delhi Capitals (basketball), India * Edinburgh Capitals, a Scottish ice-hockey team * Edmonton Capitals, a Canadian baseball team * University of Canberra Capitals, an Australian women's basketball team * Vienna Capitals, an Austrian ice-hockey team * Washington Capitals, an American ice hockey team

Transportation

* Capital (sidewheeler), ''Capital'' (sidewheeler), a 19th-century American steamboat * Capital Airlines (disambiguation), several uses * Capital ship, a classification of a naval vessel

Other uses

*Capitals (typeface), a serif font composed entirely of capital letters