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capital assets

capital assets is the plural of capital asset.

Meaning of capital asset

Noun

capital asset (plural capital assets)

  1. An asset that is recorded on a balance sheet as capital - that is, property that creates more property, such as a factory that creates shoes, or a forest that yields a quantity of wood.
  2. An asset in the sense of accounting, but also including financial assets such as stocks or bonds.

Questions about capital assets

What is capital assets the plural of?
Capital assets is the plural of capital asset.

Words near capital assets in the dictionary

  1. capital accounts
  2. capital adequacy
  3. capital appreciation bond
  4. capital appreciation bonds
  5. capital asset
  6. capital assets
  7. capital budgeting
  8. capital cities
  9. capital city
  10. capital control
  11. capital controls

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