capital account

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noun

a business account stating the owner's or shareholder's interest in the assets.

capital accounts, Accounting. accounts showing the net worth in a business enterprise.

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Origin of capital account

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby capital account

capillary tube, capillatus, cap in hand, capita, capital, capital account, capital allowance, capital asset, capital assets, capital budget, capital expenditure

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How to use capital account in a sentence

And our capital account is certainly swelling around that time, as the US runs a persistent, ever-larger trade deficit.
The Iraq War Caused Many Bad Things, But Did It Really Cause the Financial Crisis?|Megan McArdle|April 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Macdowell wrote you a capital account of our expedition to Meerun-ke-Serai, which you will get before this reaches you.
Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India|W. S. R. Hodson
In railway bookkeeping only an arbitrary line can ever be drawn between capital account and operating expenses.
Monopolies and the People|Charles Whiting Baker
But if this were so, the money would not be wanted to balance a Budget, but on railway capital account.
International Finance|Hartley Withers

The Countess D'Aulnois gives a capital account of the state of things in this respect in her time (circ 1679).
An Architect's Note-book in Spain|Matthew Digby Wyatt
The heavy amounts required to provide terminals must also be charged to capital account.
The Country's Need of Greater Railway Facilities and Terminals|James Jerome Hill

British Dictionary definitions for capital account

capital account

noun

economics that part of a balance of payments composed of movements of capital and international loans and grantsCompare current account (def. 2)

accounting a financial statement showing the net value of a company at a specified date. It is defined as total assets minus total liabilities and represents ownership interests

US an account of fixed assets

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