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capital intensive
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› describes an industry, business, or process that needs a lot of money to buy buildings and equipment in order to start operating: As agriculture became more capital intensive, many farm labourers moved to the towns and cities to look for work.Savings, interest and capitalCosting too muchExpensive and luxurious
(Definition of capital intensive adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- annualized adjective
- base rate noun
- capital noun (MONEY)
- capitalization noun (MONEY)
- coffer noun
- collateral noun
- compound adjective
- fund noun
- interest noun (MONEY)
- interest rate noun
- money noun
- Premium Bond noun
- principal noun (MONEY)
- purse noun (AMOUNT TO SPEND)
- return verb (EXCHANGE)
- saving noun
- sinking fund noun
- the smart money noun
- venture capital noun
- working capital noun
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