| 单词 | foreign direct investment |
| 释义 | > as lemmasforeign direct investment foreign direct investment n. Finance investment by a company in a country other than that in which the company is based; an instance of this; (also) the total amount of investment in any one country by companies from abroad; abbreviated FDI; cf. foreign portfolio investment n., inward investment n. ΚΠ 1929 Internat. Financial Position of U.S. (U.S. National Industr. Conf. Board) iv. 71 American direct investments in 1920 and 1921 were to some extent a manifestation of the same speculative state of mind... Before 1914, foreign direct investments in American properties were very large, but they were largely diminished during the war period. 1931 Economist 12 Dec. 1130/1 One of the major causes of Germany's present distresses is the wiping out of the savings of her middle classes, which rendered it necessary for her industry to be financed from abroad, either indirectly through her banks or by direct foreign investment in German business. 1941 L. Rasminksy in J. F. Parkinson Canad. War Econ. 91 The value of foreign direct investment in Canada, being defined as investment effective control of which is exercised in one external country. 2002 Wall St. Jrnl. 14 Oct. r4/3 The result is that renewed interest in Russia has yet to translate into big inflows of foreign direct investment. < as lemmas |
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