capital assets
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Ted Mortonson, managing director at Baird, has his eyes on one metric: free cash flow, or the money left over after a company spends on its operations and capital assets.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 18, 2025
The research goes beyond the environmental importance of mangroves, underscoring their economic value as natural capital assets.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
Requiring large, expensive capital assets, it is hard hit by a tax which targets the value of assets rather than their profitability.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024
Meanwhile, their investment in research, development, and capital assets declined significantly.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2023
Despite the inflow of cash and capital assets, Lawrence kept a parsimonious grip on his kingdom.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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