*noun*; one of the factors of production. Fixed capital refers to physical objects used to produce goods or services. Examples include cash registers, drill presses or car jacks, and civil aircraft.
Pretty much anything can be used as fixed capital, provided it is used by the entrepreneur/firm to provide a service or produce something valuable. If the firm is a hotel, then pillows and vacuum cleaners are fixed capital; if it's a store, then the cash register, the shelves, and the mop are fixed capital.
Another form of business capital is circulating capital. This is called capital because it's a physical object used to produce value, but its purpose is to be sold or used up in production.
Pretty much anything can be used as fixed capital, provided it is used by the entrepreneur/firm to provide a service or produce something valuable. If the firm is a hotel, then pillows and vacuum cleaners are fixed capital; if it's a store, then the cash register, the shelves, and the mop are fixed capital.
Another form of business capital is circulating capital. This is called capital because it's a physical object used to produce value, but its purpose is to be sold or used up in production.
Some part of the capital of every master artificer or manufacturer must be fixed in the instruments of his trade...In other works a much greater fixed capital is required. In a great iron-work, for example, the furnace for melting the ore, the forge, the slitt-mill, are instruments of trade which cannot be erected without a very great expense.
Adam Smith, *The Wealth of Nations* (1776)
Adam Smith, *The Wealth of Nations* (1776)
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When someone is under the influence of alcohol, marijuana, or any other substance on a Friday, and they have lost all awareness of their surroundings including: people, places, and/or things.
Just like fried foods amplify the sensation of eating, being in a Fried-Daze signifies that a person has taken their trance to a whole new level that is incomprehensible by those that are not in a Fried-Daze.
Just like fried foods amplify the sensation of eating, being in a Fried-Daze signifies that a person has taken their trance to a whole new level that is incomprehensible by those that are not in a Fried-Daze.
When someone walks into a 7-11 on Friday and attempts to purchase copious amounts of snacks including: King Size Reese's, Doritos, and Taquitos then proceeds to try and pay with their cell phone, they are clearly in a Fried-Daze.
by Dat Donut March 11, 2010
Get the Fried-Daze mug.A Friedrich is essentially the German version of a Chad. It's not clear why this is the case, but the most obvious simply seems to be that Friedrich is a vintage German name (like that of the Prussian age and further back), and that it is just a cool name in general.
Franz: Mein gott, Ben, did you see that guy? He just picked up a lady in a Käfer
Ben: Oh ja, he's a real Friedrich alright.
Ben: Oh ja, he's a real Friedrich alright.
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by poore moe, poor moe August 14, 2009
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If you date them anyway and they make your life a living hell and 6 months later you look in the mirror and realized they made you fat too, then my friend, you have just been "Fish Fried"
If you date them anyway and they make your life a living hell and 6 months later you look in the mirror and realized they made you fat too, then my friend, you have just been "Fish Fried"
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