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capital assets

British  

plural noun

  1. another name for fixed assets

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The policy proposes covering more than four times the capital assets previously eligible for immediate expensing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Because the index tracks changes in the price of purchased goods, it’s not necessarily the right measure to adjust the values of capital assets such as stocks and bonds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

Ted Mortonson, managing director at Baird, has his eyes on one metric: free cash flow, or the money left over after a company spends on its operations and capital assets.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2025

This marks a turning point, with mangroves protecting 61 percent more people and safeguarding 109 percent more capital assets from floods in 2020 compared to a decade earlier.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024

Despite the inflow of cash and capital assets, Lawrence kept a parsimonious grip on his kingdom.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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