"capital-intensive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more capital-intensive [comparative], most capital-intensive [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} capital-intensive (comparative more capital-intensive, superlative most capital-intensive)
  1. Needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour. Synonyms: capital intensive Translations (needing large capital expenditure): 資本密集 (Chinese Mandarin), 资本密集 (zīběn mìjí) (Chinese Mandarin), kapitalkrævende (Danish), kapitalimahukas (Estonian), pääomavaltainen (Finnish), pääomaintensiivinen (Finnish), kapitalintensiv (German), εντάσεως κεφαλαίου (entáseos kefalaíou) (Greek), έντασης κεφαλαίου (éntasis kefalaíou) (Greek), tőkeigényes (Hungarian), kapitałochłonny (Polish), de capital intensivo (Portuguese), капиталоёмкий (kapitalojómkij) (Russian), kapitalkrävande (Swedish), капіталомістки́й (kapitalomistkýj) (Ukrainian), капіталоє́мний (kapitalojémnyj) (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "needing large capital expenditure",
      "word": "資本密集"
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      "sense": "needing large capital expenditure",
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      "sense": "needing large capital expenditure",
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      "sense": "needing large capital expenditure",
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      "sense": "needing large capital expenditure",
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      "sense": "needing large capital expenditure",
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      "sense": "needing large capital expenditure",
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      "sense": "needing large capital expenditure",
      "word": "kapitalkrävande"
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      "sense": "needing large capital expenditure",
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