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fixed asset

American  

noun

  1. any long-term asset, as a building, tract of land, or patent.


Etymology

Origin of fixed asset

First recorded in 1895–1900


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Economists had projected fixed asset investment to have dropped 6.0% for the seven-month period.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Retail sales grew 1.3%, down from 2.9% in October—the weakest growth since 2022, while fixed asset investment year to date fell 2.6% year-over-year.

From Barron's ● Dec. 15, 2025

For all of 2022, fixed asset investment was up 5.1% on 2021.

From Reuters ● Mar. 15, 2023

When a company purchases a fixed asset such as a piece of equipment or a computer, it uses depreciation to determine the life cycle value of the item.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Feb. 13, 2018

Is the night shift less productive than the day shift, are the rates of return from fixed asset investments different from those from common stock investments, and so on?

From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017

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