working capital

noun

: capital actively turned over in or available for use in the course of business activity:
a
: the excess of current assets over current liabilities
b
: all capital of a business except that invested in capital assets

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Support Sustainable Growth As your business expands, so will your need for working capital. Matthew Meehan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 Where to get a working capital loan Some lenders explicitly offer loans for working capital solutions. Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025 Regarding risk, the court found that the bottlers bore incrementally greater risk than the supply points because of their more robust distribution functions, greater working capital intensity, and higher accounts receivable risk. Ryan Finley, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 TriNet reported cash and cash equivalents of $360 million as of December 31, 2024, with a working capital of $199 million. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for working capital

Word History

First Known Use

1798, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of working capital was in 1798

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“Working capital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/working%20capital. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

Legal Definition

working capital

see capital

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