(たにんしほん)

たにんしほん
noun
borrowed capital; liabilities; debt capital
formalbusinessfinancebusiness
1. borrowed capital; debt capital; liabilities
In accounting, the portion of a company's funds raised from outside parties and eventually repayable — loans, bonds, and accounts payable. Contrasts with 自己資本(じこしほん), capital belonging to the company itself.
他人資本(たにんしほん)()えている
Borrowed capital is increasing.
他人資本(たにんしほん)(たよ)すぎる経営(けいえい)(あぶ)ない
Management that relies too heavily on borrowed capital is risky.
On the balance sheet, the liabilities section corresponds to borrowed capital.

Literally "other people's capital." A bookkeeping term, not everyday vocabulary; it appears in accounting textbooks and financial reporting.

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