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Noun: capital account  'ka-pi-t(u)l u'kawnt
  1. (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities
    "The country's capital account showed a surplus due to increased foreign investment"
     
  2. (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date
    "The accountant prepared the capital account statement for the fiscal year end"

Derived forms: capital accounts

Type of: account, account statement, accounting

Part of: balance of international payments, balance of payments

Encyclopedia: Capital account