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CapitalCash and physical assets owned by an individual or company.Capital1. The plant and equipment used in production. 2. One of the main primary factors, the availability of which contributes to the productivity of labor, comparative advantage, and the pattern of international trade. 3. A stock of financial assets.CapitalMoney invested in a firm.CapitalIn the context of mortgages, capital describes the original sum borrowed as distinct from interest required on that loan. A repayment mortgage involves repayment of a little of the capital interest each month.CapitalThe overall assets of an individual less liabilities.Money injected into a company by way of share capital and loan capital plus retained earnings.Similar MatchesCapital expenditureCapital expenditureThe cost of making improvements on a property. CapitalizedCapitalizedRecorded in asset accounts and then depreciated or amortized, as is appropriate for expenditures for items with useful lives longer than one year. Capital intensityCapital intensityA measure of the relative use of capital, compared to other factors such as labor, in a production process. Often measured by the ratio of capital to labor, or by the share of capital in factor payments. Capital accountCapital account1. (Current definition) Since sometime in the 1990s, "capital account" refers to a minor component of international transactions, involving unilateral transfers of ownership of property. The common definition, below, describes what is now called the financial account. 2. (Common definition) A country's international transactions arising from changes in holdings of real and financial capital assets (but not income on them, which is in the current account). Includes FDI, plus changes in private and official holdings of stocks, bonds, loans, bank accounts, and currencies. 3. (Bretton-Woods definition) Same as common definition except excluding official reserve transactions. This definition was used under the Bretton Woods System of pegged exchange rates, but is less meaningful under floating exchange rates. Cost of limited partner capitalCost of limited partner capitalThe discount rate that equates the after-tax inflows with outflows for capital raised from limited partners. Further SuggestionsCapital market efficiencyCapital flow Capital augmenting Incremental cost of capital Capital gains distribution Capital turnover Capital appreciation or depreciation Capital-saving "Soft" capital rationing Short term capital gain Capital account Capital market Capital stock Working capital management loan capital Balance on capital account Cost of capital capital allowance Leveraged recapitalization Perfectly mobile capital Net working capital Capital Fulcrum Point capital structure Portfolio capital Capital account deficit |
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