capital expenditure

American  

noun

Accounting, Finance.

1. an addition to the value of fixed assets, as by the purchase of a new building.

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capital expenditure British  

noun

1. expenditure on acquisitions of or improvements to fixed assets

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capital expenditure Cultural  

1. The purchase of an asset by a firm.

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Etymology

Origin of capital expenditure

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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capital expenditure

The Chinese technology company’s capital-efficient strategy aims to achieve higher growth with relatively lower capital expenditure, reducing need to issue new shares, she says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Inari has set aside 450 million ringgit in capital expenditure, mainly for optical-photonics processing and plant expansion, he notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The upshot of this would be EPS-negative, lowering earnings per share expectations, Hartnett observes, but, overall, the political changes would challenge the K-shaped wealth boom and the surge of AI capital expenditure.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

“Especially the planned reduction in forward capital expenditure and research and development by 16%,” the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

They can therefore support the necessary outlay on a large estate, the capital expenditure on improvements of all kinds, and thus relieve the tenant of any expense of this kind.

From A Short History of English Agriculture by W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts) Curtler