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capital-intensive
cap·i·tal-in·ten·sive (kăp′ĭ-tl-ĭn-tĕn′sĭv)adj. Requiring a large expenditure of capital in comparison to labor: a capital-intensive industry.capital-intensive adj (Commerce) requiring the investment of a lot of money cap′ital-inten′sive adj. requiring a large amount of capital, relative to the use of labor. Compare labor-intensive. [1955–60] TranslationsCapital-intensive
Capital-intensiveUsed to describe industries that require large investments in capital assets to produce their goods, such as the automobile industry. These firms require large profit margins and/or low costs of borrowing to survive.Capital IntensiveDescribing a company or industry requiring a great deal of capital to maintain operations. For example, the automobile industry is capital-intensive because, in order to make cars, it requires a lot of workers and expensive equipment that must be properly maintained. Another, smaller scale example is a dentist office, which requires expensive equipment and materials. In order to stay afloat, capital intensive companies need either consistently large profits or inexpensive credit. |