capital charge

noun [C]

Definition

› ACCOUNTING the cost to a company of borrowing money to buy or improve the buildings, equipment, etc. that it uses to produce products or provide services: We define economic profit as the operating profit, minus tax, minus a capital charge.

(Definition of capital charge noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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