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Discover LudwigThe phrase "capital drain" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to the decrease or loss of financial resources, such as money or assets, from a particular entity or economy. Example: The government's failure to control spending has led to a significant capital drain from the country, causing economic instability and unemployment.
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They have seen their immediate predecessors' political capital drain away in times of war.
It's another long shot, but Paul Jacobs is undaunted by skepticism about the huge capital drain.
We could have avoided the global deflation crisis of 2000 and the killing weak-dollar capital drain to the Middle East and China in recent years.
All of which is a huge inhibitor to business formation and a huge capital drain for any entrepreneur who is starting with sweat equity.
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Huge numbers of young adults move to London from Britain's other cities and never return home, according to a report revealing the extent to which the capital drains talent from the rest of the country.
But the institution now using the Chase name was formed when two underperforming New York banks -- Chemical Bank and Manufacturers Hanover -- merged in 1991 as a way to preserve capital drained by a decade of overindulgent lending.
But for wartime leaders, political capital can drain quickly.
Still, for presidents, especially for wartime leaders, political capital can drain quickly from the White House account.
The fear was that HSBC's large call for capital would drain capacity.
The company suing the Rothschilds eventually won, but they never had the capital to drain the water.
Sana'a, Yemen, may become the world's first capital to drain its water supply.
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