How to Use working capital in a Sentence

working capital

noun
  • To go fix that stuff, so what takes up a lot of the cash is the working capital cycle.
    Eric Johnson, Recode, 26 Sep. 2018
  • The short-term working capital will be used to make the investments.
    David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Does the buyer have working capital to support the business?
    Brian Slipka, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • One report suggested that 31% of SMBs have up to two months of working capital, while 58% only have enough to last three to five months.
    Nick Chandi, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • One of the biggest challenges is the working capital required.
    Catherine Kuo, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The other $196 million will be used for working capital.
    Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 20 June 2024
  • Manufacturers supplied knitters with working capital in the form of yarn and paid them by the pair.
    Virginia Postrel, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The loans are similar to a loan for working capital that a business owner might seek out from a bank, but with lower rates and easier terms.
    John S. Marshall, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Those are the largest pieces of working capital, and those are the pieces that many people in the organization can directly affect.
    Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Those funds would be used to buy equipment and furnishings, and provide working capital.
    Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2018
  • The net proceeds from the issuance of the HD Shares will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
    Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2024
  • At the beginning of the quarter, the company held a public offering of its class A common stock, with the proceeds used for working capital.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2023
  • For now, Netflix has plugged the increase in working capital by turning to the debt market, a move that has concerned some investors, analysts say.
    Tatyana Shumsky, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2019
  • The trucker plans to use a $300 million tranche of the government loan to pay off health, pension and other obligations, and for working capital, Mr. Pierson said.
    Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 8 July 2020
  • The first is their balance sheets—working capital, reserves, endowment and debt.
    Adrian Ellis, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Companies for years have worked on postponing the due dates on their bills to free up cash for running their businesses, or working capital.
    Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 7 June 2021
  • With a dearth of working capital, the micro and small enterprises were in no position to pay and lakhs of workers abandoned small towns and cities to return to their villages.
    Priya Dharshini, Quartz, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Even so, many suppliers were forced to dig deep into their limited reserves of working capital to stay afloat.
    Christian Lanng, Forbes, 16 June 2021
  • Airlines tend to use advance bookings as working capital -- in other words, to buy fuel.
    Julia Buckley, CNN, 5 Mar. 2022
  • As part of the transaction, Aytu also will provide Neos with up to $5 million in working capital for the period prior to the closing.
    Paul O'Donnell, Dallas News, 10 Dec. 2020
  • For CFOs, a key selling point of real-time payments is the ability to closely manage working capital.
    Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Since then, the stock price of Intuit had appreciated some 24%, which combined with an uptick in Credit Karma's working capital, boosted the price tag of the deal.
    Jen Wieczner, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The funds were meant to be used as working capital or for normal operating expenses, such as rent and utilities.
    al, 25 Oct. 2021
  • After the lockdown ends, banks should be allowed to convert working capital credit of industries into loans of three to five years, to be paid in equal instalments.
    Prathamesh Mulye, Quartz India, 26 Apr. 2020
  • The bill, if passed, would allow the UW System to invest more of its working capital, including auxiliary and tuition income.
    Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2022
  • In that case, make sure your working capital ratio is between 1.2 and 2 to signify a healthy business to lending companies.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • All too often, invention and agility become unwanted sources of risk for a stretched set of resources and working capital.
    Martin Taylor, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The next steps for Norwegian are to raise the necessary working capital and equity through share offerings.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • The head of supply chain operations may commit to reductions in inventory working capital through the use of a new AI tool.
    Mark Settle, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • Expertly executed by Able Made is the balance of local commitments and global dreams, which has the brand facing obstacles like securing working capital.
    Ascend Agency, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2024

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