(n): anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
(n): wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
(n): anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
(n): a seat of government
(n): a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
(n): one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
(n): a written symbol that is used to represent speech
(n): a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
(n): a place where some particular activity is concentrated
(n): the federal government of the United States
(n): a government with strong central powers
(n): a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories
(n): a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
(n): the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
(n): the upper part of anything
(adj): first-rate
(adj): vs. inferior) -- (of high or superior quality or performance
(adj): of primary importance
(adj): vs. secondary) -- (of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
(adj): uppercase
(adj): vs. lowercase) -- (relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
In architecture, the head of a column.
Also a useful synonym for excellent.
The basis of society