capital cost
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- noun
- /ˈkæpɪtəl kɔst/
- Specialized
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costo de capital
- Understanding the capital cost is essential for budgeting accurately for the construction project.
- initial capital cost
- high capital costs
- low capital costs
Alex, it's half the capital cost.
- Alex, it's half the capital cost.
- If you can provide storage to me that is cheap capital costs and it's got a good round trip efficiency, I'll have as much as of you can give me.
Examples
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To be competitive, the primary disposal option needed to keep capital costs low was landfilling.
Academic text (1998) -
The system is also very small and simple, meaning that capital costs should be relatively low.
Academic text (2012) -
Suppose the capital cost per unit of output is C star.
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As the demand for new plant construction falls, I would expect the capital cost of new plants to come down.
Academic text (2008) -
The current generation suffers a loss of welfare due to high capital costs.
Academic text (1993) -
In addition, the capital cost of generating each wage-employment job is often quite high.
Academic text (1998) -
How many years does it take to recover the capital costs of retrofitted insulation?
Blog text (32) -
Anaerobic digestion is only economical for larger communities due to the high capital costs involved.
Academic text (1999) -
Long-term geological repositories have large up-front capital costs with minimal operating costs going forward.
Blog text (25) -
The company had to secure a loan to cover the initial capital cost of building the new factory.
Synonyms
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Money a business spends to buy or improve things like buildings, machines and equipment that last a long time
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'upfront expenditure for acquiring fixed assets' is directly derivable from combining 'capital' (funds/assets used for investment) with 'cost' (monetary amount), following the standard noun–noun pattern 'X cost' = 'cost of X'. Although it is a technical/business term, the compositional relation is clear and a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the basic meaning.
Etymology
Capital cost comes from the idea of buying big, long-lasting things for a business: capital means buildings or machines and cost is the money paid to get them. That's why the term describes the 'upfront money' you must spend to buy those assets.