capital asset

American  

noun

1. fixed asset.

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Etymology

Origin of capital asset

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

They learned about the market portfolio and the capital asset pricing model.

From Barron's

In the back of investors’ minds is the memory that “the last time rates went low, they went so low, they basically hit zero…and they stayed that way for a decade, decade-and-a-half,” said Scott Kimball, chief investment officer for fixed income at Loop Capital Asset Management.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Enfield oak was worth £1m, according to tree valuer Russell Miller, who made his estimate using the Capital Asset Value for Amenity Trees system.

From BBC

Under current rules, a capital asset bequeathed to an heir is revalued to its price at the time of the original owner’s death, extinguishing all tax liability incurred up to that point, forever.

From Los Angeles Times

And you don’t have a capital asset that’s tied up for just a single user.

From Seattle Times