capital expenditure
an addition to the value of fixed assets, as by the purchase of a new building.
Origin of capital expenditure
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How to use capital expenditure in a sentence
The interest earned on the capital expenditure in the six years ending averaged 11½ p.c.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir | Sir James McCrone DouieThe capital expenditure of the cinematographer need certainly not be great.
Practical Cinematography and Its Applications | Frederick Arthur Ambrose TalbotHere the capital expenditure would be so great that the cost would be absolutely prohibitive.
British Canals | Edwin A. PrattFor 1906 the average capital expenditure per kilowatt installed was about 81.
It is easy enough to depict elaborate plans which involve vast capital expenditure.
Our Railroads To-Morrow | Edward Hungerford
British Dictionary definitions for capital expenditure
expenditure on acquisitions of or improvements to fixed assets
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Cultural definitions for capital expenditure
The purchase of an asset by a firm.
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