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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("foreign direct investment" is a kind of...):
joint venture (a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("foreign direct investment" is a kind of...):
investing; investment (the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit)
