capital goods

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plural nounEconomics.
  1. machines and tools used in the production of other goods (contrasted with consumer goods).

Origin of capital goods

1
First recorded in 1895–1900

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How to use capital goods in a sentence

  • They heard the door open, and old Tom laughing in a capital good temper, and then Dandy came down, evidently full of ship's rum.

    Evan Harrington, Complete | George Meredith
  • He was also a capital good fellow, industrious and cultivated and refined, and full of self‑respect.

    The Martian | George Du Maurier
  • We could divide our speakers and thus fill in the entire two weeks between Chicago and Cincinnati with capital good work.

  • I've known plenty of people straight as a die, and capital good fellows.

    The Magnetic North | Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
  • If a savage wants fish and makes the rudest net with which to catch them, he makes what is a capital good.

British Dictionary definitions for capital goods

capital goods

pl n
  1. economics goods that are themselves utilized in the production of other goods rather than being sold to consumers: Also called: producer goods Compare consumer goods

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Cultural definitions for capital goods

capital goods

Goods used in the production of commodities; producers' goods. (Compare consumer goods.)

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