capital investment

American  

noun

1. (in a business) the total funds invested in an enterprise.

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Example Sentences

Until recently, investors had cheered this massive capital investment.

From MarketWatch

But that law was also written to retain incentives for capital investment.

From The Wall Street Journal

Concerns about circular lending, and the massive capital investment required to build data centers, were front of mind.

From MarketWatch

“We’re coming towards the back end of a pretty long major capital investment program and as that program ramps down, it’s really about focusing on ramping up the returns to shareholders,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

As explained back in 2010 External link by the author of quantitative easing, or QE, former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, Fed security purchases were supposed to lift bond prices, lower long-term interest rates, and thus stimulate home building and corporate capital investment.

From Barron's