natural capitaln.
/ˌnatʃ(ə)rəl ˈkapᵻtl/, U.S. /ˌnætʃ(ə)rəl ˈkæpədl/ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > provision of capital > capital or principal > types of
stock1598
artificial capital1772
circulating capital1776
natural capital1785
money capital1791
working capital1798
reserve1819
authorized capital1825
current asset1826
loan capital1848
capital asset1851
water1867
capital equipment1893
refugee capital1926
risk capital1927
hot money1936
venture capital1943
risk money1944
exposure1975
1785 J. Gray Plan Govt. Ireland Constit. Princ. 75 Many of the naturally fertile fields of Ireland..remain uncultivated, because a borrowed capital cannot be procured but at a high price, and the natural capital is misapplied.
1849 J. Grossmith Financial Reform 10 The artificial capital employed in commerce is the result of the heavy weight of taxes. The natural capital of the country, however great, is not sufficient to supply the heavy demands of Government.
2. The natural resources and environmental features in a given area, regarded as assets having economic value or providing a service to humankind.In early use, the concept of natural capital is based on an understanding of land and its properties as a set of freely available resources that can be used in the production of goods and services, in contrast to those produced by human labour (cf. artificial capital n. 2). Since the 1970s, it has been understood as a set of finite resources essential to human life, upon which the economic system is dependent; cf. ecosystem service n.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > [noun] > usable materials occurring naturally
natural resources1776
natural capital1803
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > resources > natural
natural resources1776
natural capital1803
1803 Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 1 Oct. 1/3 I shall exhibit to the farmer..the ruinous influence of that policy which exhausts the natural capital of a state, without yielding an adequate return of profit to balance the delinquency.
1868 Merchant's Mag. Apr. 249 Wealth may increase..along with the increase of population; but natural capital, the fertility of the soil, and the mineral and vegetable productions of the earth, will decrease, at least in an equal ratio.
1912 L. F. Post Outl. Lect. Taxation Land Values 121 In every effective instance of the power of Capital over Labor, the capital mentioned consists of a commercial mixture of artificial capital and natural capital—of machinery produced by Labor and land produced by Nature.
1973 E. F. Schumacher Small is Beautiful i. i. 16 Fossil fuels are merely a part of the ‘natural capital’ which we steadfastly insist on treating as expendable, as if it were income.
2012 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 2/1 Every country should measure ‘natural capital’ as well as gross domestic product to create a global economy that sufficiently values the environment, the Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman will propose.
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