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capital-intensive

capital-intensive adjective: needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour.

Adjective

capital-intensive (comparative more capital-intensive, superlative most capital-intensive)

  1. Needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour.
    • Petroleum is the most productive and capital-intensive industry while apparel is the least productive and least capital intensive.1999, Karen Parker, Albert Fishlow, Growing Apart: The Causes and Consequences of Global Wage Inequality

capital-intensive meaning in Tamil

capital-intensive in Tamil

மூலதனச் செறிவு

Antonyms of capital-intensive

Forms of capital-intensive

comparativemore capital-intensive
superlativemost capital-intensive
alternative formcapital intensive

Questions about capital-intensive

What does capital-intensive mean?
Capital-intensive means needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour.
What is capital-intensive in Tamil?
Capital-intensive in Tamil is மூலதனச் செறிவு. See Capital-intensive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is capital-intensive?
Capital-intensive is an adjective.

Words near capital-intensive in the dictionary

  1. capital values
  2. capital virtues
  3. capital war
  4. capital-G gamer
  5. capital-G gamers
  6. capital-intensive
  7. capitaldom
  8. Capitale-Nationale
  9. capitaled
  10. capitalisable
  11. capitalisation

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