fixed capital
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fixed capital
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Industrial production helped the economy between July and September, despite trade uncertainty, with fixed capital investment also improving from stagnancy in the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Many have significantly reduced their expected growth in fixed capital investment.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2025
"Given that there are fixed capital budgets in all government departments, there is very little room for them to manoeuvre as well, so you're in a kind of Catch-22 situation."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
The negatives were household spending and gross fixed capital formation.
From Reuters ● Mar. 8, 2023
If not how is he to be persuaded to put it into fixed capital as factory and plant?
From Some Objections To Socialism From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures by Charles Bradlaugh
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