Capital-intensive

Alternative forms

• capital intensive

Full definition of capital-intensive

Adjective

1. Needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour.
• 1999 Karen Parker, Albert Fishlow - Growing Apart: The Causes and Consequences of Global Wage InequalityPetroleum is the most productive and capital-intensive industry while apparel is the least productive and least capital intensive.

Antonyms

• labor-intensive, work-intensive