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We are seeing significant growth in foreign investment in Germany.
Gerhard Schroder

Meaning of "foreign investment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT

foreign investment  [ˈfɒrɪn ɪnˈvestmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foreign investment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOREIGN INVESTMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Foreign direct investment

Foreign direct investment is a 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. Foreign direct investment is in contrast to portfolio investment which is a passive investment in the securities of another country such as stocks and bonds.

Definition of foreign investment in the English dictionary

The definition of foreign investment in the dictionary is investment from foreign countries.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOREIGN INVESTMENT


adjustment
əˈdʒʌstmənt
agistment
əˈdʒɪstmənt
arrestment
əˈrɛstmənt
blastment
ˈblɑːstmənt
disafforestment
ˌdɪsəˈfɒrɪstmənt
disinvestment
ˌdɪsɪnˈvɛstmənt
dismastment
dɪsˈmɑːstmənt
divestment
daɪˈvɛstmənt
encrustment
ɪnˈkrʌstmənt
encystment
ɛnˈsɪstmənt
enlistment
ɪnˈlɪstmənt
entrustment
ɪnˈtrʌstmənt
investment
ɪnˈvɛstmənt
maladjustment
ˌmæləˈdʒʌstmənt
overinvestment
ˌəʊvərɪnˈvɛstmənt
readjustment
ˌriːəˈdʒʌstmənt
reenlistment
ˌriːɪnˈlɪstmənt
reinvestment
ˌriːɪnˈvɛstmənt
underinvestment
ˌʌndərɪnˈvestmənt
vestment
ˈvɛstmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOREIGN INVESTMENT

foreign bill
foreign body
foreign correspondent
foreign currency
foreign currency income
foreign draft
foreign exchange
foreign exchange market
foreign exchange rate
foreign legion
foreign minister
foreign ministry
foreign mission
foreign national
foreign office
foreign policy
foreign relations
foreign secretary
foreign service

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOREIGN INVESTMENT

advertisement
allotment
apartment
appointment
assortment
commitment
compartment
cost-of-living adjustment
department
disappointment
enactment
fire department
fitment
graphic design department
one-room apartment
police department
recruitment
service department
State Department
the treatment
treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of foreign investment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «foreign investment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Find out the translation of foreign investment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foreign investment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foreign investment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

外商投资
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la inversión extranjera
570 millions of speakers

English

foreign investment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विदेशी निवेश
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الاستثمار الأجنبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

иностранные инвестиции
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

investimento estrangeiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিদেশী বিনিয়োগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´investissement étranger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pelaburan asing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Auslandsinvestitionen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

外国投資
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

외국인 투자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Investasi manca
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầu tư nước ngoài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளிநாட்டு முதலீடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विदेशी गुंतवणूक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dış yatırım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

investimenti esteri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

inwestycje zagraniczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

іноземні інвестиції
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

investițiile străine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξένες επενδύσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buitelandse belegging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utländska investeringar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utenlandske investeringer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foreign investment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREIGN INVESTMENT»

The term «foreign investment» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.886 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREIGN INVESTMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foreign investment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foreign investment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foreign investment

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6 QUOTES WITH «FOREIGN INVESTMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word foreign investment.
1
Traian Basescu
We are the country that has attracted the biggest volume of foreign investment in southeastern Europe in the past few years. Romania doesn't need to beat itself, believing that it is a second-class citizen.
2
Louis R. Chenevert
If you want to attract more investment, foreign investment, more talent, more business, I think having some level of certainty that the business environment respects, those who have been your partners for a long time, is important.
3
Hu Jintao
China will stay firmly committed to the basic state policy of opening-up. We will actively and effectively use foreign investment, improve its structure, diversify its form and open up more channels and sectors so as to facilitate investment.
4
Li Keqiang
China continues to welcome foreign investment, and the door will open even further.
5
Lee Myung-bak
Korea is an open society and we will make sure that there is no restriction on foreign investment in Korea.
6
Gerhard Schroder
We are seeing significant growth in foreign investment in Germany.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOREIGN INVESTMENT»

Discover the use of foreign investment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foreign investment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The International Law on Foreign Investment
This book is a thought-provoking and authoritative text on this fast moving field of international law.
M. Sornarajah, 2010
2
Foreign Investment Disputes: Cases, Materials, and Commentary
This indispensable handbook is the first legal resource to gather together the most important cases and commentary on the increasingly significant subject of foreign investment disputes.
R. Doak Bishop, James Crawford, William Michael Reisman, 2005
3
Miga and Foreign Investment: Origins, Operations, Policies ...
Chapters.
Ibrahim F. I. Shihata, 1988
4
Arbitrating Foreign Investment Disputes
For those involved with international investment arbitration, including practising lawyers, anyone doing business abroad and academics Arbitrating Foreign Investment Disputes: Procedural and Substantive Legal Aspects will provide high level ...
Norbert Horn, Stefan Kröll, 2004
5
EU Foreign Investment Law
This book examines the legal foundations upon which EU investment policy is based, addressing the legal, practical, and political concerns created by the establishment of a common investment policy.
Angelos Dimopoulos, 2011
6
Attracting Foreign Investment: New Trends, Sources and Policies
This paper provides a comprehensive examination of trends in foreign investment and the factors explaining these patterns.
Sanjaya Lall, 1997
7
Legal Treatment of Foreign Investment: "The World Bank ...
Corporation law dates from the 19th century when the growth of business enterprise required a division between the private & the company sphere, making the company a legal person with its own rights, responsibilities & liabilities.
Ibrahim F. I. Shihata, 1993
8
Foreign Investment, Human Rights and the Environment: A ...
This book embodies a critique of the complex web of public international law principles on economics, human rights and the environment, and their convergence or lack thereof, related regional (South Asian) and domestic (Sri Lankan) legal ...
Shyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe, 2007
9
A Century of Foreign Investment in the Third World
Mao's version of Marxism/Leninism, with its emphasis on egalitarianism and self- sufficiency, and hostility toward foreign investment, deteriorated rapidly after his death in 1976. A basic unknown is the long-term commitment of the current ...
Michael Twomey, 2002
10
Foreign Direct Investment
The report reviews lessons from the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) investment, and advisory experience in the developing world, which show the interactions between policy frameworks, and the volume and structure of foreign direct ...
Dale R. Weigel, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOREIGN INVESTMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foreign investment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nyusi Reaffirms Openness to Foreign Investment - allAfrica.com
Maputo — Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday reaffirmed his government's openness to foreign investment, notably from Portugal,. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
Finance sector spurs 14% rise in foreign direct investment in Abu …
Real estate, at just under a third of all capital spending from abroad, continued to account for the largest share of foreign investment in Abu ... «The National, Jul 15»
3
Galápagos Rebellion Against Foreign Investment in Hotels, Golf …
A change in the law, allowing foreign investment in the islands, is being seen as the final act that opens the floodgates to nine-acre golf courses ... «Truth-Out, Jul 15»
4
Lack of oversight lets foreign buyers in - The Daily Telegraph
Proposed foreign investment in Australian residential real estate more than doubled to $34.7 billion in 2013-14, with more than $13b of that in ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Indian Insurance Companies (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2015 …
In the Indian Insurance Companies (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2015, in clause (1) of rule 2, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:. «The Dollar Business, Jul 15»
6
Foreign direct investment in real estate
The 1991 Union Budget (introduced by then Finance Minister Dr Manmohan Singh) opened the doors to foreign investment in India. Since then ... «International Law Office, Jul 15»
7
Weaker ringgit will boost foreign investment in property sector, says …
KUALA LUMPUR: A weaker ringgit will attract more foreign investment into the country's property sector, Guocoland (Malaysia) Bhd managing ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
8
UNCTAD: Higher Foreign Investment Growth Expected in 2015
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are set to see a rebound this year and the two following, a new UN report has said, after a general ... «ICTSD Bridges News, Jul 15»
9
Foreign investment update – modernisation options
Following this, on 2 May 2015 the Australian government announced a series of changes to the foreign investment regime. These included ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
10
More foreign investment will help securities
HA NOI (VNS) — A decree issued last month that allows foreign investors to raise their ownership in Vietnamese companies will help Viet ... «Viet Nam News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Foreign investment [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/foreign-investment>. Apr 2024 ».
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