ALL meanings of capital account
cap·i·tal ac·count
C c - countable noun capital account A country's capital account is the part of its balance of payments that is concerned with the movement of capital. 3
- countable noun capital account A capital account is a financial statement showing the capital value of a company on a particular date. 3
- noun capital account that part of a balance of payments composed of movements of capital and international loans and grants 3
- noun capital account a financial statement showing the net value of a company at a specified date. It is defined as total assets minus total liabilities and represents ownership interests 3
- noun capital account an account of fixed assets 3
- noun capital account an account of the total capital invested in fixed assets by the owners of a business, including real estate, machinery, etc., but excluding current or operating expenses 3
- noun capital account the summed difference between the assets and liabilities of a business on any given date 3
- noun capital account A capital account is an account that shows the net value of a company. 3
- noun capital account A capital account is a financial statement showing the net value of a company. 3
- noun capital account a business account stating the owner's or shareholder's interest in the assets. 1
- noun capital account capital accounts, Accounting. accounts showing the net worth in a business enterprise. 1
- noun capital account (accounting) An account in the net worth section of the balance sheet of an entity such as sole proprietorships and partnerships. In this context, the "capital account" (or, in cases of more than one owner, the "sum of all individual capital accounts") is the residual difference between total assets minus total liabilities, or the "net worth" of the entity. The term should not be confused with similar terms such as "working capital," "capital asset," "capital expenditure," and "capital lease.". 0
- noun capital account In corporations "capital stock accounts" are roughly equivalent to capital accounts except corporations may include other capital accounts such as "retained earnings" which are not individually owned by the shareholders. 0
- noun capital account (economics) An account that records all transactions between domestic and foreign residents that involve a change of ownership of an asset. It is the net result of public and private international investment flowing in and out of a country. 0