capitalisation

Etymology

capitalise + -ation

noun

1. The act or process of capitalising.
   1. Choice of case (when writing a word); the act or process of writing a word in a particular case, such as ALL CAPS, Title Case, CamelCase, Sentence case, or all lowercase.
      English and French have different rules for the capitalisation of the names of the days of the week.
      1. (in particular) The act or process of writing (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters.
         The capitalisation of all nouns is a distinctive feature of German.
   2. The act or process of seizing (an opportunity) and profiting or obtaining an advantage (from it).
      … apparently indicating the degree to which his identification with black music predicates his capitalization on it … 1998, Phillip Brian Harper, Are We Not Men?, page 75
2. The state of being capitalised.
   1. The state of having a particular case, such as ALL CAPS or all lowercase.
      His capitalisation was erratic: sometimes he wrote "British", sometimes "british", sometimes "briTish"...
3. The total value of all outstanding shares for a publicly-traded company