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capital goods

capital goods is the plural of capital good.

Meaning of capital good

Noun

capital good (plural capital goods)

  1. (in plural) A durable item that is used in the production of other goods or services.
    • Some of the products of the economy are capital goods. For simplicity and as an aid to intuition, I assume that capital goods and consumption goods do not overlap: the m consumption goods are useless as means of production, and the n capital goods yield no direct utility.2004, Fabrio Petri, General Equilibrium, Capital And Macroeconomics: A Key To Recent Controversies In Equilibrium Theory, page 84
    Synonyms:
    producers' good

Questions about capital goods

What is capital goods the plural of?
Capital goods is the plural of capital good.

Words near capital goods in the dictionary

  1. capital gain
  2. capital gains
  3. capital gains tax
  4. capital gains taxes
  5. capital good
  6. capital goods
  7. capital grant
  8. capital grants
  9. capital intensive
  10. capital investment
  11. capital investments

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