capital account balance

the net purchase of financial assets in a country by foreigners. Put another way, the capital account balance is the net influx of money from overseas investors. It includes net purchases of domestic financial assets by foreigners minus net purchases of foreign financial assets by domestic citizens.

The capital account balance over short periods of time (e.g., a fortnight) is extremely volatile; over a period of a year, however, it usually offsets the current account balance. For example, in all years since 1980, the USA has run a large-to-huge current account deficit, but in most years it has run a capital account surplus that is almost as big as the current account deficit.

The capital account balance often permits a huge trade deficit to persist over several decades without a significant fall in the exchange rate of a nation's currency.

by Abu Yahya February 14, 2009

capital

essential to success; see key

Joe: I brought 4 cases of beer.
Nick: Capital.

by John March 8, 2004

Captain Janeway

Captain of the Federation starship USS Voyager in the series Star Trek: Voyager. After she and her crew were stranded in the Delta Quadrant, she remained true to her Starfleet principles, and never gave up on getting home. She kept every member of her crew like family, not subordinates. Finally, after seven years, she finally got Voyager back to Earth with the help of her future self. Afterwords, she was promoted to Admiral.

Kathryn Janeway is played brilliantly by the talented actress, Kate Mulgrew. She is definitely the best captain in the entire Trek universe.

"Mr. Paris, set a course...for home." ~ Captain Janeway in "Caretaker"
"Once, I called this replicator a glorified toaster...it never forgave me." ~Janeway
"Time's UP!!!!" ~Janeway, just before ramming Voyager into the Krenim timeship in "Year of Hell"
"We did it." ~Janeway after finally getting Voyager back to Earth.

by Seven_Is_Mine April 21, 2006

captain save a ho

a male who is always coming to the defense of a female wether she is right or wrong, pretty or ugly. Would say the moon is made of cheese if the female wanted him to.

"it was such an ENIGMA to see homey coming to that hoz defense when she said salt tastes sweet"
"yeah man, wat a captain save a ho"
"worrrd"

by Drac December 26, 2005

Anarcho capitalist

A person whose philosophy is based on the idea of individual sovereignty, and a prohibition against theft, coercion and fraud. It sees the only just basis for law as arising from private property norms and an unlimited right of contract between free and sovereign individuals. From this basis, anarcho-capitalism rejects the state as an unjustified monopolist and systematic aggressor against sovereign individuals, and embraces anti-statist laissez-faire capitalism. Anarcho-capitalists would aim to protect individual liberty and property by replacing government monopoly, which is involuntarily funded through theft by taxation, with private, competing businesses that use physical force only in defense of liberty and property against aggressors. Hence, they believe that all goods and services, including law, order, and security, should be supplied through the mechanism of a free market.

Anarcho capitalists know that when you keep all of what you produce, you have an incentive to produce more, thus the whole of society benefits greatly from each individuals inherent greed.

by Haremmaster April 27, 2006

Captain Cockhead

head cockhead; leader of the cockheads; most highly qualified cockhead

...and that concludes my report about the day when aliens stole my brain.

Thank you, Captain Cockhead.

by yorrick hunt June 13, 2008

European Capital of Gun Crime

Manchester UK, a dirty decaying mill town in the north west of England inhabited by guncunians - famous for having a higher level of violent crime and shootings than Basra, Iraq!

I am a guncunian and proud of the fact that Manchester is the European Capital of Gun Crime!

by Richard Leese March 2, 2009