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foreign direct investment

foreign direct investment noun: 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.

Noun

foreign direct investment (countable and uncountable, plural foreign direct investments)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    FDI

foreign direct investment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Indonesian and Vietnamese

foreign direct investment in Hindi

direct investment into a country
प्रत्यक्ष विदेशी निवेश pratyakṣ videśī niveś

foreign direct investment in Tamil

அயல்நாட்டு நேரடி முதலீடு, நேரடி அன்னிய முதலீடு, அன்னிய நேரடி முதலீடு, அந்நிய நேரடி முதலீடு

foreign direct investment in Indonesian

direct investment into a country
penanaman modal asing

foreign direct investment in Vietnamese

direct investment into a country
đầu tư trực tiếp nước ngoài

Synonyms of foreign direct investment

Forms of foreign direct investment

pluralforeign direct investments

Questions about foreign direct investment

What does foreign direct investment mean?
Foreign direct investment means 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.
What is foreign direct investment in Hindi?
Foreign direct investment in Hindi is प्रत्यक्ष विदेशी निवेश (pratyakṣ videśī niveś). See Foreign direct investment meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is foreign direct investment?
Foreign direct investment is a noun.
What is the plural of foreign direct investment?
The plural of foreign direct investment is foreign direct investments.

Words near foreign direct investment in the dictionary

  1. foreign currency
  2. foreign debt
  3. foreign debts
  4. foreign devil
  5. foreign devils
  6. foreign direct investment
  7. foreign direct investments
  8. foreign exchange
  9. foreign exchange certificate
  10. foreign exchange certificates
  11. foreign exchange control

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