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capital investment

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noun

  1. (in a business) the total funds invested in an enterprise.


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Whether buying equity or spending directly, the capital investment remains tied up driving core growth and isn’t available to hand back to shareholders or creditors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Recurring upgrades for chips, rather than construction, will drive most of its projected long-term capital investment, PwC said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The state offered SpaceX a “competitive incentives package on the condition of capital investment, job creation” and a donation to a local charity.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

East Londonderry assembly member Claire Sugden said while the capital investment was welcome, it did not replace the funding community organisations have lost.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

They were further augmented by a spectacular expansion of trade, travel, capital investment and scientific research and interchange.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Scott Nearing

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