capital gains

(FINANCE) the increase in wealth that goes to the owner of a financial asset when it increases in value. If you buy a share of stock, and the share increases in value, then you have capital gains whether you have sold it or not.

If you sell the stock at the higher price, you have made money on the transaction and have "realized capital gains." If you hang onto the asset in the hopes its value will increase even more, you have "unrealized capital gains."

For owners of stocks, wealth can come in the form of capital gains or dividends. For owners of gold, the only benefit comes from capital gains. This is why gold is usually not a good investment.

by Abu Yahya April 15, 2010

capital murder

Slang for the arbitrary and unconstitutional state sanctioned process otherwise known as the death penalty.

Judges in some states are ruling in favor of decency by ruling against the stockpiling of death row inmates often waiting for decades for their capital murder.

by Dr Bunnygirl March 13, 2019

Captain Capital

Anyone who capitalizes all of their words. Persons acting as a Captain Capital usually have above average grammar. They also tend to be attention whores on Youtube/and or other websites that have Up and Down voting.

It is not the same as captain caps lock because not every single letter is capitalized only the first.

1) Hi How Are You Today?
2) I Hide Under The Guise Of A Good Grammar, But I Actually Capitalize All of My Words.
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Guy 1: Hi Babe What Is Up?
Girl 1: Geeze Steve, why are you such a Captain Capital?

by iHumpMilfs February 23, 2013

Capital Ass

Noun - An extremely unpleasant person. A supreme jerk.

1."That guy was a Capital Ass."

2. "I've heard that Sean Connery is a Capital Ass."

by Alex February 26, 2005

Capitol Dog

A band in the midwest created by a musician from Seattle.

Hey, I went onto Garageband.com the other day and found a cool sounding band named Capitol Dog. Their music is diverse and rocks almost like alternative. Capitol Dog

by Quilly The Porcupine July 14, 2009

disaster capitalism

(POLICY) an extreme form of capitalism created in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. In some cases, as in Chile (1973), the disaster is a coup d'etat with the express purpose of imposing disaster capitalism. In other cases, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, it is a genuine natural disaster that literally kills.

After some disasters, the authorities in some countries may well respond by imposing "reforms" that would have been impossible before. These include: (1) privatization of public property, making it unavailable to the indigenous people; (2) arbitrary elimination of laws ("deregulation"); and (3) slashing democratically chosen programs that help ordinary citizens ("austerity programs").

The concept was popularized in Naomi Klein's excellent 2007 book, *The Shock Doctrine*.

"Disaster capitalism" is neoliberalism imposed undemocratically. It exploits natural disasters, civil wars, foreign invasions, coups d'etat, terrorism, or explicit deception. It always seeks to make its changes irreversible.

Naomi Klein mostly blames the International Monetary Fund, but there are other culprits as well.

by Abu Yahya July 10, 2010

Capitulate

To pet your cat in a certain way.

When Jon used capitulate grooming on Ashlie and Nick, they both purred, as Uni, his dog, growled.

by HyperMadsox August 31, 2018