From Longman Business Dictionarycapital flowˌcapital ˈflow noun [countable, uncountable] FINANCE when money for investment goes from one country to anotherSYNCAPITAL MOVEMENTFreer capital flow makes it easier for funds to flow to economies with large trade deficits, like the US.There has been a five-fold increase in capital flows to China.the IMF’s proposals to liberalise capital flows (=to reduce limits on them)