| 单词 | capital stock | ||||||
| 释义 | capital stockcapital stockcapital stockcap′ital stock′n.
capital stockcapital stockCapital StockCapital StockAll shares constituting ownership of a business, including common stock and preferred stock. The amount of shares that a corporate charter requires to be subscribed and paid, or secured to be paid, by shareholders. The amount of stock that a corporation may issue; the amount actually contributed, subscribed, or secured to be paid on. The liability of the corporation to its shareholders after creditors' claims have been settled. The valuation of the corporation as a business enterprise. Capital stock is distinguishable from the property and assets of the corporation. The property of a corporation fluctuates and may be greater or less than the original capital invested, but the capital stock remains intact and unaffected by the vicissitudes of business. Undivided profits, or surplus, are not part of the capital stock, although they are included in the general capital or assets of the corporation. The capital stock of a corporation serves only corporate purposes. It functions as security for the creditors of the corporation who have relied on its existence, since it cannot be diverted or withdrawn to the detriment of corporate creditors. Capital stock is sometimes regarded as a trust fund. capital stockn. the original amount paid by investors into a corporation for its issued stock. Capital stock bears no direct relationship to the present value of stock, which can fluctuate after the initial issue or first stock offering. Capital stock also does not reflect the value of corporate assets, which can go up or down based on profits, losses, or purchases of equipment. Capital stock remains as a ledger entry at the original price. capital stockCapital stockAuthorized Sharescapital stockcapital stockthe total amount of capital GOODS (plant, offices, machinery and equipment) currently available to a firm or an economy with which to produce goods and services. The firm's/economy's capital stock requires maintaining by INVESTMENT to replace worn out or obsolete capital items (see DEPRECIATION) but more importantly the size of the capital stock can be increased over time by new investment. Capital formation or accumulation plays a crucial role in expanding the firm's/economy's productive capacity and hence its ability to sustain a high rate of business growth and ECONOMIC GROWTH.capital stockthe net accumulation of a physical stock of CAPITAL GOODS (buildings, plant, machinery, etc.) by a firm, industry or economy at any one point in time (see POTENTIAL GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT).The measurements most frequently used for the value of a country's capital stock are from the NATIONAL INCOME and expenditure statistics. These statistics take private and public expenditure on capital goods and deduct CAPITAL CONSUMPTION (see DEPRECIATION 2) to arrive at net accumulation (which may be positive or negative). The more relevant value of capital stock, from the economist's point of view, is the present value of the stream of income such stock can generate. More broadly, the size of a country's capital stock has an important influence on its rate of ECONOMIC GROWTH. See CAPITAL ACCUMULATION, CAPITAL WIDENING, CAPITAL DEEPENING, DEPRECIATION METHODS, PRODUCTIVITY, CAPITAL-OUTPUT RATIO. Capital Stockcapital stock
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