a town or city where the government of a country, state or county is carried on
main, essential
Cases of word usage
1) an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by the owners of capital (capitalism)
2) a chief city of a country; capital city (which is more usual) (metropolis)
3) of a capital city; a person who lives in a large city (often suggesting that he or she is therefore experienced in the energy and variety of city life) (metropolitan)
4) the wage-earners in society contrasted with the owners of industry and capital (who are called the bourgeoisie) (proletariat)
5) (a statement by judge etc of) a punishment; a set of words used to form a statement, question, command etc and, when written, beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark) (sentence)
6) a part that a person owns, does, gets or gives; one of the equal part into which the capital of a business company is divided (share)