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Definition of
capital-intensive adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
capital-intensive
adjective
adjective
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(
of a business, an industry, etc.
)
needing large amounts of money in order to operate well
compare
labor-intensive
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capital-intensive
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