capital goods
Factory tools, machines
Capital goods are the machines, equipment, buildings, and tools that businesses use to produce other goods and services.
Unlike consumer goods, which are purchased for direct use, capital goods are investments in productive capacity—factory equipment, delivery trucks, computer systems.
Economists distinguish capital goods from raw materials and labor as one of the key factors of production.
The company invested heavily in capital goods to expand manufacturing capacity.
Collective mechanical equipment
- equipmentTools for a task
- vehiclesMachines for transportation
- toolsDevices for doing work
- appliancesPowered household equipment
tractors · engines · aircraft · ships · locomotives · heavy machinery · construction equipment · medical devices
Asset value reduction over time
- amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule
- financingProviding capital for purchases
- assetsOwned items of value
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
leasing · ROI · valuation · procurement · budgeting · write-off · useful life · residual value
Industrial production facility
- plantBotanical organism
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- workshopPlace for making or learning
- foundryMetal casting facility
forge · mill · fabrication · tooling · automation · robotics · mass production · machining
Structures spanning obstacles
- roadsPaved paths for vehicles
- damsWater-blocking structures
- portsShip berths or device jacks
- airportsFacilities for aircraft arrival
railroads · pipelines · power plants · transmission lines · water treatment · highways · tunnels · utilities
machinery
Collective mechanical equipment
appliances · tractors · engines · aircraft · ships · locomotives · heavy machinery · construction equipment · medical devices · robots
depreciation
Asset value reduction over time
- amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule
- financingProviding capital for purchases
- assetsOwned items of value
acquisition · leasing · ROI · valuation · procurement · budgeting · write-off · useful life · residual value · payback period
factory
Industrial production facility
- plantBotanical organism
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- workshopPlace for making or learning
foundry · forge · mill · fabrication · tooling · automation · robotics · mass production · machining · stamping
bridges
Structures spanning obstacles
airports · railroads · pipelines · power plants · transmission lines · water treatment · highways · tunnels · utilities · public transit
- assetsproperty, cash, money, investments, bank accounts
- Industrial Sectorsmanufacturing, aerospace, defense, automotive, machinery
- inventorystock, items, products, merchandise, assets
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- merchandisemerchandise, merch, products, items, wares
- economic indicatorsGDP, GDP report, GNP, CPI, PPI
capital goodsconsumer goods
Products bought by individuals
consumables · perishable goods · perishables · soft goods · expendables