capital goods

plural noun

: capital entry 3 sense 1a(1)

Examples of capital goods in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Goldman Sachs wrote in a note this week that capital goods will experience the largest increase in representation, and semis and semi-equipment will continue to carry the largest weight in the index (17%) followed by tech hardware (10%). —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 May 2026

Though both models belong to the world of advanced manufacturing and complex capital goods, they're governed by radically different economic and industrial logics. —Davide Sartini, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2026

That figure includes a 9.9 percent rise in the export of capital goods like aircrafts, computers and semiconductors worth $63.9 billion. —Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2026

The government plans to encourage manufacturing in seven key sectors, including semiconductors, rare-earth magnets, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, capital goods, textiles and sports goods. —Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for capital goods

• backwoods
• childhoods
• falsehoods
• flatwoods
• hardwoods
• priesthoods
• redwoods
• softwoods
• brotherhoods
• cottonwoods
• likelihoods
• livelihoods