additional paid-in capital

additional paid-in capital definition - finance
Capital that is received from investors after the initial capital infusion from when the company was established. Also called contributed capital.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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