plural of state capital

(business) Money invested in an innovative enterprise in which both the potential for profit and the risk of loss are considerable.

Alternative spelling of capital-intensive

Needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour.

(accounting) An account in the net worth section of the balance sheet of an entity such as sole proprietorships and partnerships. In this context, the "capital account" (or, in cases of more than one owner, the "sum of all individual capital accounts") is the residual difference between total assets minus total liabilities, or the "net worth" of the entity. The term should not be confused with similar terms such as "working capital," "capital asset," "capital expenditure," and "capital lease."

Any equipment used by an organization to produce other commodities.

A city that is a seat of government.

plural of capital city

(politics, economics) A political and economic philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and other coercive institutions in favour of individual self-ownership and free market.

(finance) The market for long-term securities, including the stock market and the bond market.