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capital expense

NOUN
capital expenditure
Synonyms


NOUN
capital investment
Synonyms


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It gave firms computing capacity without the old capital expense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

By comparison, machines look like a one-time capital expense — set it and forget it, is the goal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024

That’s roughly $8.75 per ride so far — high by the standards of public mass transit, but still less than half what Seattle’s South Lake Union streetcar is costing, without any of the capital expense.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2024

In a deregulated power market, developers have struggled with the enormous capital expense of building a power reactor.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 10, 2023

Where capital expense became a significant factor, larger commercial farms—known as “bonanza farms”—began to develop.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014


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