capital assets
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Because the index tracks changes in the price of purchased goods, it’s not necessarily the right measure to adjust the values of capital assets such as stocks and bonds.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Ted Mortonson, managing director at Baird, has his eyes on one metric: free cash flow, or the money left over after a company spends on its operations and capital assets.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 18, 2025
The research goes beyond the environmental importance of mangroves, underscoring their economic value as natural capital assets.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
Requiring large, expensive capital assets, it is hard hit by a tax which targets the value of assets rather than their profitability.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024
Despite the inflow of cash and capital assets, Lawrence kept a parsimonious grip on his kingdom.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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