working capital

English

Noun

working capital (uncountable)

1. (business, accounting) Amount of capital a business or other entity has available for running its daily operations, calculated as current assets minus current liabilities.

   Synonym: (initialism) WC

   working capital requirement

Translations

amount of capital

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 營運資金／营运资金 (zh)

• Czech: pracovní kapitál m
• Dutch: werkkapitaal (nl) n
• Finnish: käyttöpääoma (fi)
• French: fonds de roulement (fr) m pl
• Greek: κυκλοφορούν ενεργητικό (el) n (kykloforoún energitikó)
• Italian: capitale operativo m, capitale circolante m
• Polish: kapitał obrotowy m, kapitał pracujący m
• Portuguese: capital de giro m
• Swedish: rörelsekapital n

Further reading

• “working capital”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “working capital”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “working capital” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.