capital of a company
81capital lease — capital lease, capitalized lease See lease. capitalized lease Lease obligations that must be capitalized under GAAP; the unpaid future lease payments due under the terms of the lease must be shown as a liability on the firm s balance sheet. As a… …
82capital bonus — ➔ bonus * * * capital bonus UK US noun [C] (also bonus) ► INSURANCE an extra payment made by a life insurance company to its customers out of its profits …
83capital redemption reserve — UK US noun [C] ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE, STOCK MARKET an amount of money that a company in the UK must keep when it buys back shares, and which it cannot pay to shareholders as dividends: »The capital redemption reserve is a non distributable… …
84capital-raising — UK US adjective [before noun] ► FINANCE relating to the actions that a company takes in order to find new capital to finance its activities: »Schroders first capital raising exercise was a bond issue for a railway in Cuba in 1863 …
85capital maintenance — noun (accounting) The principle that profit is made only after preserving the value of the capital invested in the company • • • Main Entry: ↑capital …
86Capital Radio — [Capital Radio] a commercial radio station in London, England, which plays pop music and has advertisements. The company that owns it also owns several other local radio stations in southern England and Capital Gold, a station that plays pop… …
87company, joint stock — n. A company that raises capital by pooling the contributions of its members, which are then divided into shares that are distributed to members to represent their share of ownership of the company. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing …
88capital call — USA A demand by a company for payment of any part of the balance committed to it by an investor under an existing capital commitment. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010 …
89capital issues — the further issue of securities, a common method by a company of raising additional capital for companies. Such issues are made by the directors if properly authorised under the articles or the Act. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …
90capital commitment — UK US noun [C or U] ► STOCK MARKET the shares that a financial organization has for sale at a particular time ► ACCOUNTING an amount of money that a company plans to spend over a period of time on such things as buildings, equipment, etc.:… …
