capital expenditure

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nounAccounting, Finance.
  1. an addition to the value of fixed assets, as by the purchase of a new building.

Origin of capital expenditure

1
First recorded in 1895–1900

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British Dictionary definitions for capital expenditure

capital expenditure

noun
  1. expenditure on acquisitions of or improvements to fixed assets

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Cultural definitions for capital expenditure

capital expenditure

The purchase of an asset by a firm.

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