FDI

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A form of foreign direct investment — 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.

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Meanings

nounFDI (countable and uncountable, plural FDIs)

plural FDIs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of foreign direct investment.

    Direct investment liabilities, a measure of FDI reflected in a country’s balance of payments, fell to just $4.9 billion in the April to June months, down 87% from a year earlier, according to data published by SAFE last month. That was the lowest amount in any quarter since records began in 1998.

    2023 September 19, Laura He, “China woos Tesla, JP Morgan and other Western companies as foreign investment slumps”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
foreign direct investment

Translations

French IDE
  • IDEforeign direct investment
Spanish IED
  • IEDforeign direct investment

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

FDI. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FDI

MLA

“FDI.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FDI. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “FDI,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FDI.

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