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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Intel says it’s using the proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures and working capital.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 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 suggests either better cost controls or potentially positive working capital movements compared to our estimates,” analyst Tim Elder says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
“We responded by curtailing uneconomic production, carefully managing working capital and using our market access to meet customer demand.”
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
The whole world gets more of welfare with every addition made by farmers to their working capital.
From Rural Health and Welfare by George Thompson Fairchild
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