capital investmentnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌkæp.ɪ.təl ɪnˈvest.mənt/us/ˌkæp.ɪ.t̬əl ɪnˈvest.mənt/also capital expendituremoney that is spent on buildings and equipment to increase the effectiveness of a business
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accounting
- accountancy
- accountant
- accounting
- accounts
- annualized
- arrears
- auditor
- balance
- bill
- capital
- capital gains
- costing
- double entry bookkeeping
- false accounting
- fraudulent accounting
- FRS
- GAAP
- housekeeping
- loss
- square
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Examples from literature
- Moreover, we have lost part of our hold on the food-producing countries of the world by the sale of our capital investments in those countries to pay for the war.
- While his management was safe and sane, it had not produced a very large return upon the capital investment.