"foreign direct investment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: foreign direct investments [plural], FDI [abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} foreign direct investment (countable and uncountable, plural foreign direct investments)
  1. (finance, economics) Direct investment into production or business in a country by an individual or company of another country, either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country. Wikipedia link: foreign direct investment Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics, Finance Synonyms: foreign investment Translations (direct investment into a country): inversió estrangera directa [feminine] (Catalan), 外商直接投資 (Chinese Mandarin), 外商直接投资 (wàishāng zhíjiē tóuzī) (Chinese Mandarin), ulkomaiset suorat investoinnit [plural] (Finnish), ទុនវិនិយោគផ្ទាល់ពីបរទេស (tŭnvĭnĭyoŭkphtéalpibâ-réaʼ-tés) (Khmer), пряма́я иностра́нная инвести́ция (prjamája inostránnaja investícija) [feminine] (Russian), utländsk direktinvestering [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-foreign_direct_investment-en-noun-2O1j-eCy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: business, economics, finance, science, sciences

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