capital expenditure

noun

Accounting, Finance.

1. an addition to the value of fixed assets, as by the purchase of a new building.

capital expenditure

noun

1. expenditure on acquisitions of or improvements to fixed assets

capital expenditure

1. The purchase of an asset by a firm.

Word History and Origins

Origin of capital expenditure¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Stock market bulls can point to the productivity promise of artificial intelligence and the 19-fold investment jump since 2010 of the largest tech firms into research and development and capital expenditure.

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Both types of AI are likely to require huge amounts of capital expenditure.

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They described the university as "one of the richest in the country," and said it could cut back on capital expenditure and building work, or draw on its "large reserves", instead of cutting staff.

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Business leaders are unable to make deals, to “budget long term, to invest or expand or have capital expenditures,” he added.

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"We raise capital expenditure from the private sector, we go to the schools and establish Armath labs, we donate the equipment," he says.

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