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capital-intensive en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour.
   • Petroleum is the most productive and capital-intensive industry while apparel is the least productive and least capital intensive. 1999, Karen Parker, Albert Fishlow, Growing Apart: The Causes and Consequences of Global Wage Inequality:

Forms

Antonyms

work-intensive · labor-intensive

Translations (15)

et kapitalimahukas (needing large capital expenditure) · fi pääomavaltainen (needing large capital expenditure) · sv kapitalkrävande (needing large capital expenditure) · cmn 資本密集 /资本密集 (needing large capital expenditure) · hu tőkeigényes (needing large capital expenditure) · el εντάσεως κεφαλαίου (needing large capital expenditure) · uk капіталомістки́й (needing large capital expenditure) · ru капиталоёмкий (needing large capital expenditure) · fi pääomaintensiivinen (needing large capital expenditure) · pt de capital intensivo (needing large capital expenditure) · pl kapitałochłonny (needing large capital expenditure) · el έντασης κεφαλαίου (needing large capital expenditure) · de kapitalintensiv (needing large capital expenditure) · uk капіталоє́мний (needing large capital expenditure) · da kapitalkrævende (needing large capital expenditure)