capital
Example Sentences
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The costs had often been met by host-country taxpayers' capital budgets.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Your capital gain would be $400, and the federal tax due on that would be as much as $80, while for California taxpayers, the state tax due would be as much as $53.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
The database and AI cloud-computing company reported strong quarterly results late Wednesday, but its ballooning capital spending and growing debt levels spooked investors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
“Whether this becomes a competitive advantage and not just a way to reduce working capital remains to be seen.”
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
“They were putting on bets that were multiples of the capital they had,” said the young Deutsche Bank broker.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing capital
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