As economy develops, labor-intensive industries give way to capital-intensive industries.
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Capital-intensive
Synonyms for "capital-intensive"
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Translations
15 translations across 12 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 資本密集 /资本密集 adj (needing large capital expenditure)
Danish
1 entries- kapitalkrævende adj (needing large capital expenditure)
Estonian
1 entries- kapitalimahukas adj (needing large capital expenditure)
Finnish
2 entries- pääomaintensiivinen adj (needing large capital expenditure)
- pääomavaltainen adj (needing large capital expenditure)
German
1 entries- kapitalintensiv adj (needing large capital expenditure)
Greek
2 entries- έντασης κεφαλαίου adj (needing large capital expenditure)
- εντάσεως κεφαλαίου adj (needing large capital expenditure)
Hungarian
1 entries- tőkeigényes adj (needing large capital expenditure)
Polish
1 entries- kapitałochłonny adj (needing large capital expenditure)
Portuguese
1 entries- de capital intensivo adj (needing large capital expenditure)
Russian
1 entries- капиталоёмкий adj (needing large capital expenditure)
Swedish
1 entries- kapitalkrävande adj (needing large capital expenditure)
Ukrainian
2 entries- капіталомістки́й adj (needing large capital expenditure)
- капіталоє́мний adj (needing large capital expenditure)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Capital-intensive industries are not necessarily knowledge-intensive industries.
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Laos' economy is heavily dependent on capital-intensive natural resource exports.
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Petroleum is the most productive and capital-intensive industry while apparel is the least productive and least capital intensive.
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