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Definition of Small capital
1. Noun. A character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters.
Generic synonyms: Capital, Capital Letter, Majuscule, Upper-case Letter, Uppercase
Lexicographical Neighbors of Small Capital
Literary usage of Small capital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Banking in America: With an Inquiry how Far the Banking by James William Gilbart (1837)
"Hence it is much better that a bank should commence business with a small capital,
and increase the amount as the business may require. ..."
2. Looking Backward, 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy (1917)
"Before this concentration began, while as yet commerce and industry were conducted
by innumerable petty concerns with small capital, instead of a small ..."
3. Principles of Political Economy by Henry Charles Carey (1837)
"The apothecary, knowing that he can obtain large wages if he can obtain th'e use
of a small capital, is willing to pay a high price for it— and the labourer ..."
4. The Genesee Farmer. (1859)
""We may divide the agricultural population into three classes: Those of limited
or small capital ; those of abundant or large capital ; and a grade between, ..."
5. James Woodhouse: A Pioneer in Chemistry, 1770-1809 by Edgar Fahs Smith (1918)
"... the strength of the astringent, the small number of hands required, the small
capital to begin and little labour requisite to carry on the business, ..."
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