working capital

working capital

n.

1. The assets of a business that can be applied to its operation.

2. The amount of current assets that exceeds current liabilities.

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working capital

n

1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) Accounting current assets minus current liabilities

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) current or liquid assets

3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) that part of the capital of a business enterprise available for operations

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

working capital - assets available for use in the production of further assets capital assets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company current assets, liquid assets, quick assets - assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) stock - the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock" risk capital, venture capital - wealth available for investment in new or speculative enterprises operating capital - capital available for the operations of a firm (e.g. manufacturing or transportation) as distinct from financial transactions and long-term improvements seed money - capital needed to set up a new business or enterprise

Translations

working capital n (Comm) → capitale m d'esercizio