capital assets
Britishplural noun
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The Wall Street Journal’s “Capital Assets” series analyzed the investments of about 12,000 federal officials and their families between 2016 and 2021.
From Seattle Times
These include law, consulting and accounting firms that haven’t customarily kept capital assets in Russia and therefore could leave easily.
From Los Angeles Times
Copyrights that promise to yield royalties for decades function as low-risk capital assets, like bonds.
From Washington Post
According to a 2018 report from the National Defense Strategy Commission, “Against an enemy equipped with advanced anti-access/area-denial capabilities, attrition of U.S. capital assets — ships, planes, tanks — could be enormous.”
From Seattle Times
But as I’ve reported, the wealthy would certainly go to the mat to protect their capital gains preference, since they get a disproportionate share of their income from capital assets.
From Los Angeles Times
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