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human capital

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables
hu-man -cap-i-tal
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The stock of competencies, knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes, including creativity, cognitive abilities, embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Phrases

human development human resources

Frequently Paired Words

human development human resources social capital cultural capital

Questions

What does human capital mean?
The stock of competencies, knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes, including creativity, cognitive abilities, embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value.

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