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Capex

Money spent to acquire or upgrade physical assets such as buildings and machinery. This tends to be a very large Expense for companies with significant manufacturing facilities, and usually much less of an Expense in the services sector. also called Capital spending or Capital expense.

Related Terms: 11 Asset, ACH, Capital, Call, Cap, Expense, FICA, Grade, Ring, SEC, SIC
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