Petroleum is the most productive and capital-intensive industry while apparel is the least productive and least capital intensive.
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capital-intensive — [kap′ət lin ten′siv] adj. requiring a large investment in capital goods and a relatively small labor force [a capital intensive industry or plant] … English World dictionary
capital-intensive — capital in tensive adj a capital intensive business, industry etc needs a lot of money in order to operate properly →↑labour intensive … Dictionary of contemporary English
capital-intensive — capital in tensive adjective a capital intensive business or activity needs to have a lot of money invested in it ─ compare LABOR INTENSIVE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
capital intensive — adj. Requiring a large amount of equipment for production. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
capital-intensive — Used to describe industries that require large investments in capital assets to produce their goods, such as the automobile industry. These firms require large profit margins and/or low costs of borrowing to survive. Bloomberg Financial… … Financial and business terms
capital-intensive — ¦ ̷ ̷ ( ̷ ̷ ) ̷ ̷ (ˈ) ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : having a high capital cost per unit of output ; especially : requiring greater expenditure in the form of capital than of labor * * * adj [more capital intensive; most capital intensive] business … Useful english dictionary
Capital Intensive — A business process or an industry that requires large amounts of money and other financial resources to produce a good or service. A business is considered capital intensive based on the ratio of the capital required to the amount of labor that… … Investment dictionary
capital-intensive — ADJ Capital intensive industries and businesses need the investment of large sums of money. Compare labour intensive … English dictionary
capital intensive — adjective a capital intensive business, industry etc needs a lot of money for it to operate properly compare labour intensive … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
capital-intensive — UK / US adjective business a capital intensive business or activity needs to have a lot of money invested in it • See: labour intensive … English dictionary
