capital employed

noun [U]

Definition

› ACCOUNTING, FINANCE the total value of the assets that a company uses to produce income: Capital employed is down by nearly 6%. → See also return on capital employed

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

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