capital
Definition 1
General: Measure of the accumulated financial strength of an individual, firm, or nation, created by sacrificing present consumption in favor of investment to generate future returns above investment costs.
Definition 2
Accounting: One's own or borrowed money invested in a business to generate income.
Definition 3
Economics: The only 'produced' factor of production; the others (land and labor) are 'exploited' factors.
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