capital goods

plural noun

: capital entry 3 sense 1a(1)

Examples of capital goods in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Morgan Stanley strategist Michael Wilson said in a March 31 note to clients that the most tariff-sensitive sectors are consumer discretionary, tech hardware and capital goods. —Jesse Pound, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025

The stock has rallied since: FS KKR Capital currently provides financing to 217 private middle-market companies spread across two dozen industries, including double-digit exposure to software and services, commercial and professional services, capital goods, and health care equipment and services. —Brett Owens, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024

That means Siemens Energy’s grid technologies division is expected to become the biggest money spinner of its four divisions in 2025, according to Gael de-Bray, European head of capital goods research at Deutsche Bank. —Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024

In 2022, the main imports were consumer goods (27 percent), capital goods (26 percent), and industrial supplies (25 percent) followed by automotive vehicles, parts and engines (12 percent), and foods, feeds and beverages (6 percent), according to Trading Economics. —Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024

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