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Words nearby capital assets

capita, capital, capital account, capital allowance, capital asset, capital assets, capital budget, capital expenditure, capital flight, capital formation, capital gain

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Example sentences from the Web for capital assets

Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The mistletoe must have been hanging right across the aisle on Capital Hill.
Congress’ Gift That Keeps on Giving|P. J. O’Rourke|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The second major split between the capital and the court occurred over oral care.
The French Court’s Royal Ban on Smiles|William O’Connor|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ah, gay Paree—the French capital has practically announced its own LGBT friendliness since the Belle Époque.
The Ultimate LGBT Travel Bucket List||December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And the capital city is a veritable utopia of acceptance and integration.
The Ultimate LGBT Travel Bucket List||December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
When we speak against one capital vice, we ought to speak against its opposite; the middle betwixt both is the point for virtue.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
The moon rose on a terrified mob trudging or riding the forty miles of road between Meerut and the Mogul capital.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
It is the quiet chef lieu of the Allier, and was once the capital of the Bourbonnais.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
All possibility of a general increase of wages depended on the relation of available capital to the numbers of the working men.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock

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