capital goods
machines and tools used in the production of other goods (contrasted with consumer goods).
Origin of capital goods
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How to use capital goods in a sentence
In an exactly similar way a body of capital goods is maintained as a perpetual instrumentality of production.
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates ClarkWhat is here important is the fact that it is in the main accomplished without entailing transfers of capital goods.
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates ClarkSuch a comprehensive study of capital goods, if it is carried far enough, becomes a study of the abiding entity, capital.
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates ClarkThe capital goods have to be taken unit by unit if their value for productive purposes is to be rightly gauged.
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates Clarkcapital goods are the shifting component parts of this permanent aggregate.
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates Clark
British Dictionary definitions for capital goods
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
Goods used in the production of commodities; producers' goods. (Compare consumer goods.)
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