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

But these changes in fixed capital are comparatively few; whereas the whole or nearly the whole of the circulating capital is changed every year or two.

From Political economy by Jevons, W. Stanley

The circulating capital that found wages for the men, and fuel for the engines, would have been idle, because it could not have worked with security.

From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles

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

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

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 Ricardo, David

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

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