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foreign direct investment

DEFINITIONS OF: foreign direct investment

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n a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company

Type of:
joint venture
a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise

n investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business)

Type of:
investing, investment
the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
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