working capital
Americannoun
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the amount of capital needed to carry on a business.
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Accounting. current assets minus current liabilities.
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liquid capital assets as distinguished from fixed capital assets.
noun
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accounting current assets minus current liabilities
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current or liquid assets
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that part of the capital of a business enterprise available for operations
Etymology
Origin of working capital
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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“It does suggest Nvidia is increasingly carrying the working capital of its own customer base.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Intel said it would use proceeds from the offering for general purposes, including capital expenditures and working capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Instead, Alaska went after the plane, a 1969 Cessna that was the entire working capital of Jouppi’s one-man air-taxi service.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
This demand for working capital in dollars is also driving inflows.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
The co-operative banks of Europe, otherwise called "People's Banks," are essentially savings banks, in that they depend for their working capital upon the accumulated savings of their members.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips
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