working capital
noun
: capital actively turned over in or available for use in the course of business activity:
a
: the excess of current assets over current liabilities
b
: all capital of a business except that invested in capital assets
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For SMEs, managing working capital efficiently can be particularly challenging.
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Marek Niedzwiedz, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Economic injury disaster loans are working capital loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, non-profit organizations meet financial obligations that cannot be met as a direct result of a disaster.
—Mae Anderson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2024
This shift to service-as-software creates working capital to invest in building quality experiences and getting those products in the hands of more people.
—Allison Salisbury, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Only its president and treasurer knew that the cordage trust was hobbled by overproduction, a lack of credit and the evaporation of its working capital.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Marek Niedzwiedz, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Economic injury disaster loans are working capital loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, non-profit organizations meet financial obligations that cannot be met as a direct result of a disaster.
—Mae Anderson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2024
This shift to service-as-software creates working capital to invest in building quality experiences and getting those products in the hands of more people.
—Allison Salisbury, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Only its president and treasurer knew that the cordage trust was hobbled by overproduction, a lack of credit and the evaporation of its working capital.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Working capital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/working%20capital. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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