working capital

working capital (uncountable)

1. (business, accounting) Amount of capital a business or other entity has available for running its daily operations, calculated as current assets minus current liabilities.

   Synonym: (initialism) WC

   working capital requirement

• “working capital”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “working capital”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “working capital” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.