circulating capital

American  

noun

1. the portion of capital goods that consists of goods in process, inventories of finished goods, and raw materials.

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Etymology

Origin of circulating capital

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

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circulating capital

To replace his circulating capital of 53l. with a profit of 4 per cent. 55.12l.

From On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation by David Ricardo

That principle is not unconditionally true, even in the case of circulating capital.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher

This is accounted for by the fact that in such production an amount of circulating capital is invested which was saved from the net profit of previous economic times.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher

Is such a sack fixed or circulating capital?

From Political economy by W. Stanley Jevons

Money, as an article of circulating capital, considered, ib.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Germain Garnier