capital intensive business

  • 1capital-intensive — capital in tensive adj a capital intensive business, industry etc needs a lot of money in order to operate properly →↑labour intensive …

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  • 2capital-intensive — capital in tensive adjective a capital intensive business or activity needs to have a lot of money invested in it ─ compare LABOR INTENSIVE …

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  • 3capital-intensive — ¦ ̷ ̷ ( ̷ ̷ ) ̷ ̷ (ˈ) ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ adjective : having a high capital cost per unit of output ; especially : requiring greater expenditure in the form of capital than of labor * * * adj [more capital intensive; most capital intensive] business …

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  • 4capital-intensive — UK / US adjective business a capital intensive business or activity needs to have a lot of money invested in it • See: labour intensive …

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  • 5capital intensive — adjective a capital intensive business, industry etc needs a lot of money for it to operate properly compare labour intensive …

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  • 6Capital Intensive — A business process or an industry that requires large amounts of money and other financial resources to produce a good or service. A business is considered capital intensive based on the ratio of the capital required to the amount of labor that… …

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  • 7capital-intensive — Used to describe industries that require large investments in capital assets to produce their goods, such as the automobile industry. These firms require large profit margins and/or low costs of borrowing to survive. Bloomberg Financial… …

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  • 8ˌcapital-inˈtensive — adj a capital intensive business or activity needs to have a lot of money invested in it • See: labour intensive …

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  • 9capital turnover — Calculated by dividing annual sales by average stockholder equity ( net worth). The ratio indicates how much a company could grow its current capital investment level. Low capital turnover generally corresponds to high profit margins. Bloomberg… …

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  • 10Capital Investment — Funds invested in a firm or enterprise for the purposes of furthering its business objectives. Capital investment may also refer to a firm s acquisition of capital assets or fixed assets such as manufacturing plants and machinery that is expected …

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