CAPITAL RECOVERY

  1. The profit back of the primary cash reserve enclosed in an investment. This term must take place before a firm can acquire an earnings on its investment.
  2. For debt collection, this is a euphemism. Capital recovery firms acquire late payments from businesses and individuals that have not paid their owed money. Upon acquiring payment and transferring it to the firm to which it is credited, the capital recovery firm acquires a charge for its services.
  3. A firm's recovering of the money it has spend in equipment and machinery through asset liquidation and disposition.