capital goods

plural noun

Examples of capital goods in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web All the while, restrictions on bringing capital goods into the country continue to exacerbate the already serious lack of factory machinery and farm equipment. Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2018 Meanwhile, autos, technical hardware, and capital goods were among the worst-performing. Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024 But most of the firms clustered there focus on fast-turnaround, incremental innovations, not on big-ticket capital goods or high-tech products. Pankaj Ghemawat, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016 Top sub-sectors were household products, retail and software while semis, insurance and capital goods were the worst. Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 5 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for capital goods 

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Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of capital goods was in 1896

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“Capital goods.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capital%20goods. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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