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capital account

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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."

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: accounting, business, finance

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Meaning 2

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.

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Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: economics, sciences

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Meaning 4

(finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: account, accounting, account statement

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Meaning 5

(economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: account, accounting, account statement

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Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Thai: บัญชีทุน — finance def
  • Czech: kapitálový účet — economics def
  • Finnish: pääomatase — economics def
  • Thai: บัญชีทุนเคลื่อนย้าย — economics def