: having a high capital cost per unit of output ; especially : requiring greater expenditure in the form of capital than of labor
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adj [more \capital-intensive; most \capital-intensive]
business : requiring the payment or investment of a very large amount of money
a capital-intensive industry
The airport expansion is a very capital-intensive project.
— compare ↑labor-intensive
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(of a business, an industry, etc.) needing large amounts of money in order to operate well
Useful english dictionary. 2012.