capital expense
noun[CorU]
ukusACCOUNTING,FINANCE,PRODUCTION
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capital expense
Many large factories have reported it impossible to carry thecapitalexpenserequired to keep operations uninterrupted.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Anything more than 1,000 watts days and 250 watts nights very likely would require installation of a directional antenna system at greatcapitalexpense.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In most cases, capital goods require a substantial investment on behalf of the producer, and their purchase is usually referred to as acapitalexpense.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Furthermore, by treating prepaid insurance as acapitalexpense, we are obtaining some degree of consistency.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This was a very significantcapitalexpensefor an enterprise that only lasted from 1891 to 1899.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The company providescapitalexpenseconsulting, and process improvement services, including clean fuels programs, design services, oil storage optimization, and loss control services.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many site owners provide site lighting at their owncapitalexpense, and this is always extremely valuable.
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Thecapitalexpenseof setting up such equipment is enormous.
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A wireless installation will be very much cheaper than thecapitalexpenseupon the other expedient of underground wires.
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Similarly, in the normal way the search for a new deposit is normally accounted as acapitalexpense.
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