Definition of capital account Capital account

cap•i•tal ac•count

We found 5 definitions of capital account from 2 different sources.

What does capital account mean?

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capital account - (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities
		account statement, accounting, account a system that provides quantitative information about finances
		balance of international payments, balance of payments a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than going out"
capital account - (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date
		account statement, accounting, account a system that provides quantitative information about finances

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capital account (Noun)
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. ".
capital account (Noun)
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.
capital account (Noun)
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.

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