the means of production

The means of production are not capital when they are the property of the immediate producer.

the defining feature of modern economies

And without dinner or a kiss... Capital is the defining feature of modern economies, yet most people have no idea where no idea actually comes from.

the money or wealth needed to produce goods and services

Capital is the money or wealth needed to produce goods and services.

the money that offers the enterprise the ability to purchase goods to be used in the manufacturing of different goods or the offering of a service

Capital , in the monetary sense, is the money that offers the enterprise the ability to purchase goods to be used in the manufacturing of different goods or the offering of a service.

wealth such as ships, factories, or money

Capital is wealth such as ships, factories, or money.

an input in the production function

In economic models, capital is an input in the production function.

money which is used to buy something only in order to sell it again

In classical political economy and Marxian economics, capital is money which is used to buy something only in order to sell it again, and thus capital only exists within the process of economic exchange - it is wealth that grows out of the process of circulation itself and forms the basis of the economic system of capitalism.

wealth that can be used to create more wealth

“Capital” is “wealth used to create more wealth”.

a fancier term for the word money

Capital is often a fancier term for the word money.

the 'means of production' and money which the capitalist can invest in different places of business

In Marxist views, capital is the 'means of production' and money which the capitalist can invest in different places of business, so that Friedrich Engels can 'profit' or gain more capital.

force, human energy stored or accumulated, and very few people ever come to appreciate Capital's importance to civilized life.

Capital is force, human energy stored or accumulated, and very few people ever come to appreciate Capital's importance to civilized life.

a social relation between people - mediated by things

Capital is a social relation between people mediated by things - the basic principle of alienation is that we live our lives in the service of some thing that we ourselves have created.

a conventional University that is striving to excel in both Academic and Research activities in order to compete favourably with other Universities worldwide

Capital is a conventional University that is striving to excel in both Academic and Research activities in order to compete favourably with other Universities worldwide.

the life-blood of business

Capital is the life blood of your business and without your business you cannot operate.

the soul of the business

Concludes that capital is the soul of the business and if the company runs out of money, money will be closed down in the future.

Capital's wrong use that is evil

Capital as such is not evil; Capital is Capital's wrong use that is evil.

nothing more nor less than money

“‘Capital’ is nothing more nor less than money, once acquired.”

nothing without wage labour, without value, money, price etc

For example, capital is nothing without wage labour, without value, money, price, etc.

as the whole of the means of production at the same time

If it is true that capital, as the whole of the means of production, is at the same time the product of the work of generations, it is equally true that capital is being unceasingly created through the work done with the help of all these means of production, and these means can be seen as a great workbench at which the present generation of workers is working day after day.

'hot' money which is unproductive

Very often capital is 'hot' money which is unproductive.