capital expenditures
Long-term business investments
Capital expenditures are funds spent to acquire, upgrade, or maintain physical assets like buildings, equipment, or machinery.
Often shortened to capex, the term belongs to accounting and finance, where it contrasts with operating expenses (opex)—the ongoing costs of running a business.
The company allocated significant capital expenditures for new manufacturing equipment.
Provided spaces and equipment
- equipmentTools for a task
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- buildingsConstructed enclosed structures
- plantsPhotosynthesizing rooted organisms
property · vehicles · data centers · manufacturing equipment · construction · renovation · land acquisition · fleet
Profit-to-cost ratio
- payback periodDuration until costs recovered
- expansionIncrease in scope
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- growthIncrease in size
modernization · capacity · upgrade · replacement · strategic investment · hurdle rate · NPV · IRR
Asset value reduction over time
- amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule
- fixed assetsLasting business property
- tangible assetsOwnable items with substance
- intangible assetsNonmaterial items of value
balance sheet · financial statements · useful life · book value · write-off · recognition · disclosure
Distribution of shares
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- cost estimationPredicting future expenses
- planningArranging for future events
prioritization · approval · fiscal year · cost overrun · threshold · justification
facilities
Provided spaces and equipment
- equipmentTools for a task
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- buildingsConstructed enclosed structures
plants · property · vehicles · data centers · manufacturing equipment · construction · renovation · land acquisition · fleet · site development
ROI
Profit-to-cost ratio
- payback periodDuration until costs recovered
- expansionIncrease in scope
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
growth · modernization · capacity · upgrade · replacement · strategic investment · hurdle rate · NPV · IRR · cash flow
depreciation
Asset value reduction over time
- amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule
- fixed assetsLasting business property
- tangible assetsOwnable items with substance
intangible assets · balance sheet · financial statements · useful life · book value · write-off · recognition · disclosure
allocation
Distribution of shares
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- cost estimationPredicting future expenses
planning · prioritization · approval · fiscal year · cost overrun · threshold · justification
- cost analysiscost analysis, cost assessment, cost basis, cost savings, direct costs
- cash flowcash flow, inflow, inflows, outflow, outflows
capital expendituresoperating expenses
Routine business costs
operating costs · overhead costs · maintenance expenses · administrative expenses
capital expendituresasset sales
Selling owned property
divestitures · divestiture · liquidation · disinvestment · depreciation
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