### Question
What does private capital mean?


### Answer
**Private capital** has the following meaning in *7 U.S.C. § 2009cc*:

> the total of—


(i)(I) the paid-in capital and paid-in surplus of a corporate rural business investment company

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 2009cc*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 50-AGRICULTURAL CREDIT > SUBCHAPTER VIII-RURAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM**

