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Question
CBSEENBS11004236

Give meaning of working capital.

Solution
Working capital is required by a business for the purchase of raw materials and for meeting day-to-day expenses such as wages, salaries, rents, taxes, interest, etc. It may be defined as the capital invested in the working or current assets, such as raw materials, semifinished goods, finished goods, debts recoverable from the customers to whom goods have been sold on credit, and so on. Working capital is also referred to as the circulating capital or revolving capital.