capital venture
noun[U]
FINANCEukustheactivityoflendingmoneyto someone tostarta newbusiness,especiallyone thatinvolvesrisksand will makelargeprofitsifsuccessful:
a California-basedcapitalventurefirm
See also
venture capital
Examplesofcapital venture
capital venture
They were also produced as commercial props to support a patent, to visualise a proposedcapitalventure, or to advertise a manufacturer's trade.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The building of a sugar-beet factory is a very considerablecapitalventure.
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The project stands or falls as a privatecapitalventure.
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Why should science andcapitalventureto introduce these new discoveries into labour, before the community has had time to educate a generation up to using them?
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It represents a quarter of the total capital ventured.
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- shot-in-the-arm
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