capital-intensive

[ kap-i-tl-in-ten-siv ]

adjective
  1. requiring or using a very large amount of capital relative to the need for or use of labor.

Origin of capital-intensive

1
First recorded in 1955–60

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Cultural definitions for capital-intensive

capital-intensive

A term describing industries that employ relatively few laborers but that use expensive equipment. (Compare labor-intensive.)

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