(business, accounting) Money that is spent on permanent assets (fixed assets) of a business, as opposed to operating expenses.

(sociology) Synonym of sexual capital

plural of capital city

(business) Money invested in an innovative enterprise in which both the potential for profit and the risk of loss are considerable.

Alternative spelling of capital-intensive

Needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour.

An upper-case letter (A, B, C, ... as opposed to a, b, c, ...), used for emphasis, for starting sentences and proper names, etc.

The budgeting process in which a company plans its capital expenditure (the spending on assets of long-term value).

(accounting) An account in the net worth section of the balance sheet of an entity such as sole proprietorships and partnerships. In this context, the "capital account" (or, in cases of more than one owner, the "sum of all individual capital accounts") is the residual difference between total assets minus total liabilities, or the "net worth" of the entity. The term should not be confused with similar terms such as "working capital," "capital asset," "capital expenditure," and "capital lease."

(accounting) A balance sheet item under shareholders' equity. Increases by the value above an original par value per share that newly issued shares are sold for.