personal capital
Financial resources or other wealth belonging to a particular person, especially when used for investment purposes.
Having two unsold houses on the market for a long time "has eaten a lot of our personal capital," Alexander said.
personal
UK /ˈpɜː.sə.nəl/ US /ˈpɜɹ.sə.nəl/
adj 5noun 2
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3(adj.)
VERBS
be
ADV
extremely, highly, very
She found it extremely personal when her diary was read aloud in class.
rather
Definitions
adj
1
Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
2
Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals
personal values; personal desire
Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.
3
Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.
personal reasons
You can't read my diary—it is personal.
4
Intended for sexual use.
personal lubricant; personal massager
5
Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.
personal charms
The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
noun
1
An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.
2
One's own property or asset
1748, Tobias Smollett (translator), Alain-René Lesage (original), The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane In addition to this, a coarse shirt quite new, a pair of my father's shoes quite old, and, what rejoiced me more than all the rest, a rouleau of twenty rials in a linen rag. Behold the sum total of my personals.
I've had my cell ransacked, savagely searched, and as a result, had my legal papers stolen and destroyed, allong with what little personal clothing and other personals I had.
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personal values; personal desire
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Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.
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Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first d
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1748, Tobias Smollett (translator), Alain-René Lesage (original), The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane In addition to this, a coarse shirt quite new, a pair of my father's shoes quite old, and, wh
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I've had my cell ransacked, savagely searched, and as a result, had my legal papers stolen and destroyed, allong with what little personal clothing and other personals I had.
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Peter was an altruistic video game player; he would give items to people who needed them, rather than selling them for personal profit.
Tatoeba · #1992Usage Notes
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In some senses, personal is marked as euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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