Meanings
plural capital goods
- in pluraleconomicsA durable item that is used in the production of other goods or services.
Some of the products of the economy are capital goods. For simplicity and as an aid to intuition, I assume that capital goods and consumption goods do not overlap: the m consumption goods are useless as means of production, and the n capital goods yield no direct utility.
2004, Fabrio Petri, General Equilibrium, Capital And Macroeconomics: A Key To Recent Controversies In Equilibrium Theory, page 84Synonyms: producers' good
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA durable item that is used in the production of other goods or services.
Translations
Finnish pääomahyödyke, tuotantohyödyke
- pääomahyödykeTranslations
- tuotantohyödykeTranslations
French bien d'équipement, bien de production
- bien d'équipementTranslations
- bien de productionTranslations
Icelandic fjárfestingarvörur
- fjárfestingarvörurTranslations
Polish dobro kapitałowe
- dobro kapitałoweTranslations
Russian сре́дство произво́дства, капита́льное бла́го
- сре́дство произво́дства (srédstvo proizvódstva)Translations
- капита́льное бла́го (kapitálʹnoje blágo)Translations
Thai สินค้าประเภททุน
- สินค้าประเภททุนTranslations
Cite this entry
capital good. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capital%20good
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