Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
capital-intensive
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Because import substitution rested on capital-intensive enterprises which required little labour and, therefore, did little to stimulate demand; 3.
▪ It is impossible quickly to reposition a capital-intensive business flexibility is seldom one of its features.
▪ Labor-intensive prod-ucts were made in poor countries; capital-intensive products were made in rich countries.
▪ Newspaper publishing is capital-intensive, and the product is vulnerable to even short-lived strikes.
▪ On such capital-intensive projects, any over-runs can rapidly push up the overall costings.
▪ One characteristic of modern industry is that it is capital-intensive rather than labour-intensive and hence does not provide much employment.
▪ The obvious solution - to move into more capital-intensive highly skilled work - is being energetically pursued.
▪ With few exceptions these capital-intensive industries are also highly energy-intensive.
Wiktionary
capital-intensive
a. Needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour. alt. Needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour.