WordNet
n. capital available for the operations of a firm (e.g. manufacturing or transportation) as distinct from financial transactions and long-term improvements
Usage examples of "operating capital".
Nevertheless, the crunch in their operating capital was real enough.
Both of us have already been forced to secretly liquidate assets for operating capital.
With the funds he had removed from the safe-deposit boxes, he now had $150,000 in immediate operating capital, enough to deal with virtually any contingency that might arise.
Other taxes and duties levied on warehouses, imports, and port usage by ships not registered to a K'Vaernian citizen provided the majority of the city's operating capital.
I had to spend most of my operating capital getting out of that mess.
Any essential of which he could not leave behind a convincing amount in its original container he abandoned, to be replaced out of his operating capital on the road.
He felt that he could ultimately gain a million if he could only get operating capital.