| 单词 | capital |
| 释义 | capital (kæpɪtəl ) Word forms: capitals 1. uncountable noun B2 Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money. [business] Companies are having difficulty in raising capital. A large amount of capital is invested in all these branches. 2. uncountable noun [usually NOUN noun] You can use capital to refer to buildings or machinery which are necessary to produce goods or to make companies more efficient, but which do not make money directly. [business] ...capital equipment that could have served to increase production. ...capital investment. 3. uncountable noun B2 Capital is the part of an amount of money borrowed or invested which does not include interest. [business] With a conventional repayment mortgage, the repayments consist of both capital and interest. 4. countable noun A2 The capital of a country is the city or town where its government or parliament meets. ...Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. [+ of] 5. countable noun If a place is the capital of a particular industry or activity, it is the place that is most famous for it, because it happens in that place more than anywhere else. Colmar has long been considered the capital of the wine trade. [+ of] ...New York, the fashion capital of the world. [+ of] 6. countable noun A2 Capitals or capital letters are written or printed letters in the form which is used at the beginning of sentences or names. 'T', 'B', and 'F' are capitals. The name and address are written in capitals. 7. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A capital offence is one that is so serious that the person who commits it can be punished by death. Espionage is a capital offence in this country. ...Americans wrongly convicted of capital crimes. 8. countable noun A capital is the top part of a stone column, which is sometimes decorated with stone leaves or other patterns. [technical] 9. See also working capital 10. make capital of sth/make capital out of sth phrase If you say that someone is making capital out of a situation, you disapprove of the way they are gaining an advantage for themselves through other people's efforts or bad luck. [formal, disapproval] He rebuked the President for trying to make political capital out of the hostage situation. 11. with a capital phrase [n PHR n] You can use phrases such as ' Life with a capital L', to emphasize that a word has a particular significance in the situation you are talking about. [informal, emphasis] She's not feminist with a capital F but she's fairly controversial. Idioms: ... with a capital ... said to draw attention to a particular word and emphasize its importance Students thought studying psychology would tell them something about Life with a capital L. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: capital crime For a capital crime was not to have been tried at night. Christianity Today When they established the legal code, idolatry was the first capital crime, witchcraft was the second. Times, Sunday Times He skims the surface rather than plumbs the depths and, occasionally, uses the word 'iconic', a felony for us all but a capital crime for an art historian. Times, Sunday Times Historically, any person who did not believe in any deity supported by the state was fair game to accusations of atheism, a capital crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The stratatum treated the misdemeanor as an act of capital crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A capital distribution must be made through a formal liquidation as the reserves of the company will exceed 25,000. Times, Sunday Times The government expects large employers not to make capital distributions such as dividends while using the scheme. Times,Sunday Times Have you received capital distributions under a will? Times, Sunday Times Upon providing such notice, a broker-dealer would become subject to closer supervision and would be prohibited from making capital distributions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Required actions would vary based on the severity of the situation, but could include restrictions on growth, capital distributions, and executive compensation, as well as capital raising or asset sales. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Institute a capital fund to help primary schools without nursery facilities develop them. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Meanwhile, the vast capital fund, which one investment analyst suggests must now be worth something like 3bn, is preserved for future generations. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The best solution would be a venture capital fund to pay for experiments on new ideas. Times, Sunday Times (2009) They see them as showrooms for a thriving online business that ships to 120 countries and has just attracted 20m in venture capital funding. Times, Sunday Times Investors bought 185 million new shares in the bank as part of a plan to plug the 1.5 billion capital funding gap exposed last year. Times, Sunday Times We have to get our new approach of design and construction right, and meet the challenge of the cuts in capital funding sensibly and creatively. Times, Sunday Times It plans on raising venture capital funding in the near future to expand overseas. Times, Sunday Times Capital funding worth £300 million will also be brought forward to improve facilities at research institutes and universities. Times,Sunday Times With all faith in the system now lost, taxes on capital income should be abolished and replaced with a tax on distributed income. Times, Sunday Times He proposed that different taxation of capital income and work income widens the financial gap between corporate shareholders and regular workers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The capital gains tax in 2011 was 28% on realized capital income. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The per capital income for the town was $25,239. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Recent research has explored the effects of the elimination of capital income taxes on saving-for-retirement opportunities and its impact on government debt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They made a further capital injection soon after. Times, Sunday Times The issue of new shares was announced alongside a 600 million capital injection from existing shareholders. Times, Sunday Times The reforms allow law firms to list on stock markets or accept private equity investment or other forms of capital injection from non-lawyers. Times, Sunday Times The enlarged bank subsequently required a 20 billion capital injection of taxpayers' money. Times, Sunday Times However, the biggest surprise was the decision to make the capital injection mostly in the form of ordinary shares rather than preference shares. Times, Sunday Times Some, such as budgeting, working capital management and cost control, remain important, but, in isolation, they are insufficient. Times, Sunday Times The capital management subsidiary lost $499 million, compared with a $294 million profit last year. Times, Sunday Times The human capital management module had been updated to include subjects such as talent management, organisational design, staff retention and internal relations. ST In both cases, those closest to the end user are often disenfranchised in the interests of remote politicians or institutional capital management. Times, Sunday Times There are vacancies in each of the bank's ten main divisions, including global investment research, investment banking, merchant banking & private equity, human capital management and technology. Times, Sunday Times Conservative and capital preservation are words that won't appeal to every investor. Times, Sunday Times All three are well diversified with holdings in bonds and cash as well as shares, and defensively positioned with capital preservation at their heart. Times, Sunday Times He was searching for a more reasoned approach focused on capital preservation and growth generation over the long term. Times, Sunday Times Investors wanting shelter from volatility could pick funds with a high emphasis on capital preservation. Times, Sunday Times A target was set of bringing debts down by 1.5 billion and capital preservation and efficiency were prioritised. Times, Sunday Times But the board has already said that it will look to use its capital profits to maintain dividend increases. Times, Sunday Times During the 1980s there was briefly a higher rate of tax imposed for capital profits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The dividend for both of these years was 20% but in 1953 there was also a special distribution of 2d/share for capital profits of 17,810 from sale of investments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So the percentage of gross profit that can be paid as bonuses would be linked to the capital ratio of the bank. Times, Sunday Times However, the bank now has the worst core tier-one capital ratio - a key indicator of its strength - compared with rival banks. Times, Sunday Times He'll then have to lob in 100 million of extra capital to maintain the bank's tier one capital ratio. Times, Sunday Times Under the changes, banks must hold a minimum core equity capital ratio equivalent to 7 per cent of their risk-adjusted assets. Times, Sunday Times As a result its target core capital ratio, a key measure of its financial strength, was raised to 13.5 per cent, from 13.4 per cent. Times,Sunday Times If a bank rewards irresponsible risk-taking, then the regulator can impose a higher capital requirement. Times, Sunday Times The minimum capital requirement for seeking a licence to take deposits has been cut from 5 million to 1 million. Times, Sunday Times However, it still has 29 million of assets covering its 14 million regulatory capital requirement. Times, Sunday Times Radio has a low capital requirement but reaches a long way. Times, Sunday Times The individual funds can be viewed as small banks, each with a 100 per cent capital requirement. Times, Sunday Times Britain's second toll motorway is to be given the green light in an attempt to stimulate the faltering economy with capital spending. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Machinery order numbers are often taken as a guide to future capital spending plans. Times, Sunday Times (2010) In the last fiscal year, 2011-12, the government underspent by 1.6bn even on its scaled-back targets for capital spending. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It is welcome that savings in departmental spending are being diverted to capital spending programmes. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The deep capital spending cuts planned by the coalition will cause social dislocation and hundreds of thousands of job losses, the construction industry has warned. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The commercial capital of Morocco, Casablanca is a city of 4m people. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It also helped to make New York City the commercial capital of the nation. America Past and Present (1995) More than 270 people were injured when two Shanghai Metro trains collided beneath the heart of China's commercial capital. Times, Sunday Times (2011) What’s more, small-scale fisheries are key sources of income and cultural capital for local communities around the world, necessitating their preservation on several fronts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nations and companies give prizes to show that they are more than just economic entities, that their judgments confer value, give cultural capital. Times, Sunday Times And soon the leading art connoisseurs will have a new cultural capital to discover. Times, Sunday Times Learning creates and sustains cultural capital in a civilised society. Times, Sunday Times Amid this talk of ethics and profit margins, what happens to the cultural capital on which the whole thing was built? Times, Sunday Times It said it would cut capital expenditure to $570 million, from previous expectations of $700 million, by putting off investments until next year. Times, Sunday Times Nor, as recent experience shows, can we rely on governments not to cut capital spending when the public finances come under pressure. Times, Sunday Times The company cut capital expenditure from $8.3 billion to $6.4 billion. Times, Sunday Times It also suspended its dividend and cut capital expenditure to 20 million this year, compared with 46 million previously. Times, Sunday Times It has cancelled its final dividend, cut capital spending and made use of government schemes to defer taxes. Times,Sunday Times Leading analysts warned of a difficult year for investment banks amid fears that the debt capital markets remain weak. Times, Sunday Times The council went to the debt capital markets after pulling out of earlier negotiations with banks. Times, Sunday Times If the superinvestor took the long-term risk, providing equity for these projects, it would unlock billions of pounds in debt capital from the private sector. Times, Sunday Times He said the transaction had been straightforward and the move was an opportunist one to lock in some funding at a time when debt capital markets were at their hottest. Times, Sunday Times Fees from debt capital markets underwriting increased by 26 per cent compared with the previous year and accounted for 30 per cent of overall investment bank fees. Times, Sunday Times London was the fashion capital at the time. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It appeared on a massive billboard in Italian fashion capital Milan in time for the men's fashion shows this week. The Sun (2009) New York isn't a fashion capital that embraces rubber sequins. Times, Sunday Times (2014) A current account deficit has to be financed by capital flows from abroad, through investment and borrowing from foreigners. Times, Sunday Times Growth in the railway was financed by capital increases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The new tracks and trolley barn are part of a $2 million project financed by capital funds from the county and the state. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The concerns are that those running the trusts are not subject to a fit and proper test and are not required to have financial capital. Times, Sunday Times Private capital and financial capital are what makes small businesses grow, employ people and pay taxes. Times, Sunday Times Participants also decided that the institutions would be required to keep a higher amount of financial capital in case of future financial shocks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even then, of course, the price of a sum of financial capital varies with interest rates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Financial capital maintenance can be measured in either nominal monetary units or units of constant purchasing power. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now could also be a good time for those keen to flee the capital. Times, Sunday Times However, enemies of the prince forced them all to flee the capital. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His tenure as governor in general, and his decision to flee the capital in particular, was heavily criticized at the time, and has been criticized by historians ever since. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Owners of second homes were said to be fleeing the capital. Times,Sunday Times Half a mil-lion people have fled the capital. Times, Sunday Times Tax incentives would also be needed to stimulate the flow of capital from socially motivated investors. Times, Sunday Times They will find it tougher to get that flow of capital. Times, Sunday Times Analysts say it's because of a lifting of the restrictions on the flow of capital between the two markets. Times, Sunday Times The free flow of capital that underpins the economy has been brought to a shuddering stop. Times, Sunday Times With the currency rules sliding out of the window, there was no longer any need for regulations on the flow of capital. Times, Sunday Times The pound will be at the epicentre of investors' reaction as Britain is dependent on foreign capital inflows to pay its way. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Some investors expect further weakness as foreign capital inflows dwindle in the face of Britain's economic challenges and political uncertainty. Times, Sunday Times (2016) That's not in itself a cause for concern, because the foreign capital inflow will enable more rapid economic growth. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The country also has a current account surplus, so it is not dependent on foreign capital inflows. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It would also be helpful to reduce the country's reliance on foreign capital inflows. Times, Sunday Times (2008) But its ability to generate capital growth irrespective of stock market volatility makes the shares a long-term buy. Times, Sunday Times Investment in capital improvements to land can synergistically generate capital investment in other nearby locations, which further increases land value. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since it takes a great deal of capital to build lodges, conservancies can generate capital by entering in partnerships with private investors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most of the private ship owners from the constituency generated capital through shell money trade to build their ships. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He said that the difficulty of obtaining growth capital in Britain should fade over time. Times, Sunday Times (2013) She hopes contacts made in the exhibition halls could help her to secure much-needed growth capital. Times, Sunday Times (2013) In February it secured £6m of growth capital from Scottish Equity Partners. Times, Sunday Times (2010) I look forward to reporting shortly from the great Anglo-American law firms that have planted themselves back in the imperial capital. Times, Sunday Times (2011) After decades of decline, the old imperial capital is having another heyday. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It was these women who brought Italian opera to the imperial capital. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Tracks connected the imperial capital to the Adriatic. Times, Sunday Times (2015) This highly unusual piece of technology makes up for a disjointed journey from former imperial capital to former imperial port. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Will the initial capital investment stretch far enough to keep the new company going according to its original plan? The Guide to Greatness in Sales (1994) But the main hurdle is the initial capital cost. Times, Sunday Times (2012) You are guaranteed a return of your initial capital only if you hold on to the bond until maturity. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It also holds true for a lot of intellectual capital that back then was nicely protected, partially because people didn't know about it. Times, Sunday Times Huge amounts of newsprint, cash and intellectual capital have been exhausted trying to disprove the disprovable. Times, Sunday Times Apart from the economic damage that this has caused, it has been an astonishing waste of intellectual capital. Times, Sunday Times In those formative years we surely amassed an enviable reserve of cultural and intellectual capital on which to recline during this week of famine? Times, Sunday Times People who have done these deals are starting to realise that they have lost the intellectual capital and therefore they are wanting to bring it back in-house. Times, Sunday Times She said it has the talent and investor capital needed. The Sun The firm manages over $1 billion in investor capital with a focus on investments in the business-to-business services, information technology services, and communications services sectors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The per-distance fees would cover battery pack leasing, charging and swap infrastructure, purchasing sustainable electricity, profits, and the cost of investor capital. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fund, which started operations with $1 billion of investor capital, was extremely successful in the first years, with annualized returns of over 40%. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Community investing institutions use investor capital to finance or guarantee loans to individuals and organizations that have historically been denied access to capital by traditional financial institutions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It would not be the first time that the nation's capital - and its most prestigious residence - had been lavished with a presidential makeover. Times, Sunday Times And today it happened on a military installation in our nation's capital. The Sun It recently reopened an office in the nation's capital and held talks with the government. Times, Sunday Times The impact may be felt far and wide, but not from the first moment - despite days of frightening rhetoric from the nation's capital. Times, Sunday Times And can national news programmes sensibly come from outside the nation's capital? Times, Sunday Times Faced with a growing outflow of capital, the central bank was forced to raise interest rates in the teeth of this slowdown. Times, Sunday Times However, local investors will still face restrictions aimed at stopping an outflow of capital, although there will be no restrictions on foreign investors. Times, Sunday Times There are no expected inflows or outflows of capital and no assets to speak of apart from their home. Times, Sunday Times A country with an underdeveloped banking system, for example, may not be able to cope with rapid inflows and outflows of capital. Times, Sunday Times The fund has been hit by significant net outflows of capital over the past two years. Times, Sunday Times No single government will gain much political capital from addressing that inadequacy. Times, Sunday Times (2010) No politician will now think it worth spending any political capital in reopening the issue. The Sun (2011) But we cannot allow the urgent human crisis we are in to be exploited by those who seek to make political capital out of human misery. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Others could use them as political capital. Democracy and its Critics - Anglo-American democratic thought in the nineteenth century (1989) The unions and those trying to make political capital out of the most recent fiasco blame job cuts and efficiency drives, but that misses the point. Times, Sunday Times (2007) One solution would be to bring back more private capital into the market, she said. Times, Sunday Times We need to attract private capital generally, private investors, passive investors like pension funds or companies that can invest financially and bring their expertise. Times, Sunday Times Private capital - in hedge funds or private equity - has grown too big to ignore. Times, Sunday Times The coalition said yesterday it was looking for an 'injection of private capital' into the business. The Sun A little private capital and income would be helpful. Times, Sunday Times Auxerre is vital, for the striking riverscape, the half-timbered streets and the sense of a provincial capital complete unto itself. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Outside the provincial capital there were similar figures. A Social History of Modern Spain (1991) After a conventional rural schooling, he went on to secondary school in the provincial capital. DOVES OF WAR: Four Women of Spain (2002) The initiative involves private companies raising the capital to redevelop hospitals that trusts pay off through service agreements over 25- year periods. Times, Sunday Times (2006) His preferred option, initially, was to raise capital through bonds. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Can we raise the capital to build a small success into a sizable business? MANAGING FOR RESULTS (1986) Having no savings, he had to approach one of his suppliers and raise the capital through a sponsorship deal. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Their treasury departments are being forced to look at all options to raise capital. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It lies approximately 22km mi south-west of ask and 53kmmi 0 south-west of the regional capital d. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It lies approximately 5kmmi 0 south-east of, and 101kmmi 0 west of the regional capital. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By interconnecting the stock exchanges of the region a single regional capital market would be created. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It lies approximately 12km mi north of owicz and 57kmmi 0 north-east of the regional capital d. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It lies approximately 13kmmi 0 east of the regional capital d. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fundraising method allows companies to secure capital in return for non-financial 'rewards' for backers, often early versions of a product. Times, Sunday Times Despite negotiating with the government for two years to try to secure capital funding, he will say, 'we have not been given the means to secure the schools' future'. Times, Sunday Times Fears are also growing about the ability of innovative early-stage companies to secure capital. Times, Sunday Times This would allow him to secure capital to complete the project. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 State bonds were issued and public lands were sold to secure capital, and the notes of the banks, loaned on security, became a medium of exchange. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Air pollution levels in the state capital yesterday ranged from poor to hazardous. The Sun These agencies are located in the state capital, and you can call directory assistance to get the phone number. Christianity Today Even the locals say there's nothing to see, nothing to do and nowhere to hide, but they do the state capital an injustice. Times,Sunday Times The exquisitely restored city was the state capital between 1699 and 1780. The Sun This county's towns are small, even the state capital. Smithsonian Many do not have sufficient capital to withstand a plummetting in the value of the debt they hold. Times, Sunday Times Pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, which have an interest in the long term, can allocate sufficient capital to deliver the items on my list. Times, Sunday Times I would suggest that he continues to build up more cash savings for another 12 to 18 months, and that will give him sufficient capital. Times, Sunday Times It has now accepted that it was not holding sufficient capital in reserve to cover a sharp rise in motor claims. Times, Sunday Times Many have raised sufficient capital to repay the money the government made available when it looked as if the financial system was on the verge of collapse. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 首都, 首都, 大写字母 Japanese: 首都, 首都, 大文字 |
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