Meanings
plural foreign direct investments
- countableuncountablebusinessA 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.
Synonyms: FDI
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Translations
Catalan inversió estrangera directa
- inversió estrangera directadirect investment into a country
Chinese Mandarin 外商直接投資 /外商直接投资
- 外商直接投資 /外商直接投资 (wàishāng zhíjiē tóuzī)direct investment into a country
Finnish ulkomaiset suorat investoinnit
- ulkomaiset suorat investoinnitdirect investment into a country
French investissement direct étranger, investissement direct à l'étranger
- investissement direct étrangerdirect investment into a country
- investissement direct à l'étrangerdirect investment into a country
German ausländische Direktinvestition
- ausländische Direktinvestitiondirect investment into a country
Hindi प्रत्यक्ष विदेशी निवेश
- प्रत्यक्ष विदेशी निवेश (pratyakṣ videśī niveś)direct investment into a country
Indonesian penanaman modal asing
- penanaman modal asingdirect investment into a country
Russian пряма́я иностра́нная инвести́ция
- пряма́я иностра́нная инвести́ция (prjamája inostránnaja investícija)direct investment into a country
Spanish inversión extranjera directa
- inversión extranjera directadirect investment into a country
Swedish utländsk direktinvestering
- utländsk direktinvesteringdirect investment into a country
Vietnamese đầu tư trực tiếp nước ngoài
- đầu tư trực tiếp nước ngoàidirect investment into a country
Cite this entry
foreign direct investment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20direct%20investment
“foreign direct investment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20direct%20investment. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foreign direct investment,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20direct%20investment.
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