capital expenditure

American  

noun

Accounting, Finance.

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

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capital expenditure British  

noun

1. expenditure on acquisitions of or improvements to fixed assets

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capital expenditure Cultural  

1. The purchase of an asset by a firm.

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Etymology

Origin of capital expenditure

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Higher than expected capital expenditure guidance has been common across miners during the reporting season and is an unfortunate consequence of high prices, the analysts write.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many on Wall Street have bemoaned Apple’s lack of a concrete artificial-intelligence strategy — especially relative to its “Magnificent Seven” peers, who are forecasting record sums for capital expenditures.

From MarketWatch

Investors have spent the past few months worrying about megacap companies’ ambitious capital expenditure plans and, more recently, about how AI might disrupt sectors like software.

From Barron's

Nevertheless, management is seeking to improve the business, upgrading cost savings targets and reducing rolling medium-term capital expenditure targets, Hooper says.

From The Wall Street Journal

It borrows to fuel capital expenditures that support sales growth, and then repeats the cycle.

From Barron's