working capital
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈwɜrkɪŋ ˈkæpɪtəl/
- Specialized
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capital de trabajo
- AmeriMerchant has over 10 years of experience providing working capital offerings to small businesses around the US and Canada.
But what you have but, but in buying a promissory note, you buy an interest in the working capital of the Perth Mint.
- But what you have but, but in buying a promissory note, you buy an interest in the working capital of the Perth Mint.
Examples
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The availability of both start-up capital and working capital remains an important constraint limiting the expansion of salmon culture in Canada.
Academic text (1990) -
As soon as earnings decrease, the supply of funds dries up, hurting both working capital for current operations and long-term capital for growth.
Academic text (1996) -
Small businesses often need more working capital to scale than is available to them.
Blog text (23) -
Most businesses look for a return on working capital of at least 20% annually.
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Loans in the amount of $15,000 in working capital are available and can close in two weeks.
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As the business grows, it requires more and more working capital, which comes from profits taxed at the individual level.
Blog text (20) -
We continue to manage our working capital very strictly, and we continue to optimize our costs," said Phiri.
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The startup secured sufficient working capital to expand its operations and hire new staff.
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After several months of careful budgeting, the business finally stabilized its working capital for daily expenses.
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To sustain growth, the company needs to increase its working capital by reducing its outstanding liabilities.
Synonyms
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4.1
Money a business uses to pay its daily costs
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'working' (operational, used now) modifies 'capital' (funds/assets), so the phrase literally denotes funds used for day-to-day operations. This is a common, cross-linguistic business noun formation, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the general meaning (even if they might not know the precise accounting formula).
Etymology
Working capital comes from two simple ideas: working means in use for daily work and capital means the money or things a business owns. Imagine a shopkeeper using cash in the till and goods on the shelves to pay bills and buy more stock — that money is 'working' to keep the shop open, so working capital means the funds a company uses for its 'short-term' costs.