Showing results for capital assets. Search instead for digital assets.

capital assets

British

plural noun

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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Still, being asset-light means the balance sheets of many tech companies are stocked with intangible assets, including patents and licenses, rather than capital assets, such as factories or specialized equipment.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Since 1970, public employment has lagged behind private sector job growth, and government-owned capital assets have trailed those of the private sector.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 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

Requiring large, expensive capital assets, it is hard hit by a tax which targets the value of assets rather than their profitability.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

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

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023