Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

sunk capital

Japanese translation:

埋没資本

Added to glossary by kokuritsu
Mar 27, 2004 05:34
20 yrs ago
English term

sunk capital

English to Japanese Bus/Financial Economics
I guess "sunk capital" is nearly equal to "fixed capital" but could not confirm.

There are many examples that "sunk cost"can be translated as "埋没費用". But there is no usage of "埋没資本" with google.
Proposed translations (Japanese)
3 +1 埋没資本

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埋没資本

ご指摘の「埋没資本」でいいのではないでしょうか。

下記のサイト(glossary)にこのような記述があります。

Sunk Capital=The amount of an organisation's funds that has been spent and is therefore no longer available to the organisation, frequently because it has been spent on either unrealisable or valueless assets.

Peer comment(s):

agree snowbees : 鉄道が良い例でしょう。英語の呼び方は色々あるようです。(sunk)capital cost; sunk capital investments; sunk capital resources など。
19 hrs
Thanks. Hope your remark will help the asker a lot.
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "埋没資本という言葉が経済学的に認知されているのかが不明でなのでしょうか。"
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