capital account

capital account

n.

1. An account stating the amount of funds and assets invested in a business by the owners or stockholders, including retained earnings.

2. A statement of the net worth of a business at a given time.

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capital account

n

1. (Economics) Economics that part of a balance of payments composed of movements of capital and international loans and grants Compare current account [2]

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) Accounting a financial statement showing the net value of a company at a specified date. It is defined as total assets minus total liabilities and represents ownership interests

3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) US an account of fixed assets

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	capital account - (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities economic science, economics, political economy - the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management account statement, accounting, account - a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month" balance of international payments, balance of payments - a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than going out"
	2.	capital account - (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date finance - the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets account statement, accounting, account - a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month"

Translations

capital account n → conto capitale