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
Around the same time, a fixed capital was established at Njimi, east of Lake Chad.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The report also estimated that private consumption and gross fixed capital formation will contract in the 2022-2023 period.
From Reuters ● Mar. 30, 2022
In proportion as fixed capital is less durable, it approaches to the nature of circulating capital.
From On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation by Ricardo, David
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