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Phrases 121
- venture capitalMoney invested in an innovative enterprise in which both the potential for profit and the risk of loss are considerable.
- capital punishmentThe practice of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime.
- human capitalThe stock of competencies, knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes, including creativity, cognitive abilities, embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value.
- working capitalThe amount of capital a business or other entity has available for running its daily operations, calculated as current assets minus current liabilities.
- social capitalThe goodwill, sympathy, and connections created by social interaction within and between social networks.
- capital gainAn increase in the value of a capital asset; an amount by which the value or the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner exceed its cost to the owner.
- capital letterAn upper-case letter (A, B, C, ... as opposed to a, b, c, ...), used for emphasis, for starting sentences and proper names, etc.
- share capitalThe part of a company's capital that is financed by shareholders through the issue of shares.
- capital expenditureFunds that are spent by a company to acquire or upgrade a long-term asset.
- capital investmentMoney that is spent on permanent assets (fixed assets) of a business, as opposed to operating expenses.
- capital marketThe market for long-term securities, including the stock market and the bond market.
- capital stockThe total amount of common and preferred stock (shares) that a company can issue.
- capital gainsplural of capital gain: An increase in the value of a capital asset; an amount by which the value or the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner exceed its cost to the owner.
- state capitalThe capital city of a state (national subdivision).
- capital cityA city that is a seat of government.
- capital marketsplural of capital market: The market for long-term securities, including the stock market and the bond market.
- capital gains taxA tax levied on the profit made from selling any "capital" (i.e. non-inventory) asset.
- capital expendituresplural of capital expenditure: Funds that are spent by a company to acquire or upgrade a long-term asset.
- capital adequacyPercentage ratio of a financial institution's primary capital to its assets, used as a measure of its financial strength and stability.
- capital lossA decrease in the value of a capital asset; an amount by which the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner are less than its cost to the owner.
- capital shipAny of the most important types of warships, capable of projecting a fleet in being.
- capital lettersplural of capital letter: An upper-case letter (A, B, C, ... as opposed to a, b, c, ...), used for emphasis, for starting sentences and proper names, etc.
- capital goodA durable item that is used in the production of other goods or services.
- capital accountAn account in the net worth section of the balance sheet of an entity such as sole proprietorships and partnerships. In this context, the "capital account" (or, in cases of more than one owner, the "sum of all individual capital accounts") …
- fixed capitalAny kind of real, physical asset that is used in the operation of a business but which is not consumed by that use.
Compound words 15
- capitalismA socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources, and capital and their exploitation for profit.
- capitalizeIn writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.
- noncapitalNot capital (in various senses).
- countercapitalA city other than the official capital that serves as a base of power and influence.
- biocapitalBiological processes regarded as an economic commodity.
- anticapitalTending to erode the preservation of capital.
- subcapitalBeneath the head of a long bone (especially the femur).
- capitalitisThe tendency to use capital letters gratuitously.
- capitaldomThe condition of being a capital city.
- cybercapitalCapital (money, wealth) existing on the Internet or in cyberspace, or raised through online means.