capital-intensive

adjective

cap·i·tal-in·ten·sive ˈka-pə-tᵊl- in-ˈten(t)-siv

ˈkap-tᵊl-

: having a high capital cost per unit of output

especially : requiring greater expenditure in the form of capital than of labor

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The company’s customers are found in sectors including manufacturing, retail, financial services and capital-intensive industries such as real estate and infrastructure. —

David Prosser, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 Roughly 1 million units are subject to the new capital-intensive rules. —

Diana Olick, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024 The OpenAI investment matches SoftBank’s eagerness to deploy cash, with a capital-intensive business model, a person close to Son told CNBC. —

Hayden Field,kate Rooney, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024 This level of market concentration is associated with a number of threats to the market, particularly as the mega cap tech stocks shift from being relatively capital-light to capital-intensive, Goldman said. —

Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for capital-intensive

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1959, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of capital-intensive was in 1959

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“Capital-intensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capital-intensive. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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