capital commitment

Definition

› STOCK MARKET the shares that a financial organization has for sale at a particular time

› ACCOUNTING an amount of money that a company plans to spend over a period of time on such things as buildings, equipment, etc.: Leasing can provide the equipment you need without any capital commitment.

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

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