capital expenditures

capital expenditures definition - finance
Expen-ditures for big-ticket items that are expected to last several years. In the telecom and technology markets, the amount of money companies spend on capital expenditures has a direct influence on the sales growth that their suppliers can expect.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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