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# Capital

## Definition

That portion of an individual's stock which is expected to yield revenue, employed either in purchasing goods for resale with profit (circulating capital) or in improving land and acquiring productive machinery (fixed capital).

## Source Chapter

Book II, Chapter 1

## Context

Developed as one of the two fundamental divisions of stock, capital is defined by its revenue-producing function and further distinguished into circulating and fixed forms based on how it generates profit.

## Economic Domain

Accumulation

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