fixed capital

noun

1. capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fixed capital¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Effects of machinery, and the growth of fixed capital on the working classes.

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The constantly growing specialisation of fixed capital and of labour in our factories and workshops is a commonplace.

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A greater proportion of its circulating capital, which forms the wages fund, must be converted into fixed capital.

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Therefore, fixed capital need only be reproduced to the extent that it has in fact been used up in the production of commodities.

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By way of illustration, we might compare the aggregate fixed capital of society with a railway.

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