Q. What do you mean by Capitalize?
Capitalize -- to capitalize means to record an expenditure on balance sheet as an asset,to be amortized over the future. Opposite is to expense. For instance researchexpenditures can be expensed or capitalized. If expensed, they are charged against incomewhen expenditure takes place. If capitalized, expenditure is charged against income over aperiod of time generally related to the life of the services or productscreated by the research.