risk capital

noun

Examples of risk capital in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Ultimately, risk capital will flow in competitive markets to the highest and best use. Joel Shulman, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024 The longtime partner and CEO of a risk capital fund, Azcona also served as director of pubcaster Aragón TV. John Hopewell, Variety, 18 June 2024 After all, what company would risk capital to keep the lights and heat on in the near and medium term while policymakers make increasingly ambitious pledges to render the necessary infrastructure obsolete? Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2022 Another factor that Hoggett pointed out is the need for more pension assets in the country to be channeled into equity and risk capital, where great value can be made. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023 Bethune also noted that high interest rates are diverting risk capital from investments that support productivity-boosting innovation. Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023 Investors could lose risk capital. David L. Bahnsen, National Review, 9 Feb. 2022 Aerospace and aviation need a lot of risk capital. Dean Donovan, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021 Yet the investors who put up the risk capital don’t benefit from this provision. WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of risk capital was in 1927

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“Risk capital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risk%20capital. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Legal Definition

risk capital

see capital

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