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A direct investment into the production or business in a country by an individual or company of another country, either by purchasing a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, economics, finance, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: FDI
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: foreign investment, investment
a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: joint venture
investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: investing, investment
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
inversió estrangera directa
— direct investment into a country
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Chinese Mandarin:
外商直接投資 /外商直接投资
(wàishāng zhíjiē tóuzī)
— direct investment into a country
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Finnish:
ulkomaiset suorat investoinnit
— direct investment into a country
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French:
investissement direct étranger
— direct investment into a country
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French:
investissement direct à l'étranger
— direct investment into a country
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German:
ausländische Direktinvestition
— direct investment into a country
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Hindi:
प्रत्यक्ष विदेशी निवेश
(pratyakṣ videśī niveś)
— direct investment into a country
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Indonesian:
penanaman modal asing
— direct investment into a country
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Khmer:
ទុនវិនិយោគផ្ទាល់ពីបរទេស
(tŭnvĭnĭyoŭkphtéalpibâ-réaʼ-tés)
— direct investment into a country
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Russian:
пряма́я иностра́нная инвести́ция
(prjamája inostránnaja investícija)
— direct investment into a country
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Spanish:
inversión extranjera directa
— direct investment into a country
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Swedish:
utländsk direktinvestering
— direct investment into a country
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Vietnamese:
đầu tư trực tiếp nước ngoài
— direct investment into a country
