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WORKING CAPITAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Assets available for use in the production of further assets
Synonyms:
capital; working capital
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("working capital" is a kind of...):
assets (anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company)
Meronyms (members of "working capital"):
current assets; liquid assets; quick assets (assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "working capital"):
stock (the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity))
risk capital; venture capital (wealth available for investment in new or speculative enterprises)
operating capital (capital available for the operations of a firm (e.g. manufacturing or transportation) as distinct from financial transactions and long-term improvements)
seed money (capital needed to set up a new business or enterprise)
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