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Capitalisation

Accounting
Also called: Capitalising expenses

Recording a cost as a balance sheet asset rather than expensing it in the current period.

In plain terms

The single largest lever on reported profit. Spend the same cash, show a much bigger number.

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Indian stock market glossary · Market Vidyalaya