investmentin‧vest‧ment /ɪnˈvestmənt/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun 
We plan to buy some property as an investment.investment in That year, Japanese investment in American real estate totaled $13.06 billion.investment of Each of us was required to put up a minimum investment of £5,000.2[countable] something that you buy or do because it will be useful latera good/sound investment The lessons cost me over £500, but I consider them a good investment.3[singular, uncountable] when you spend a large amount of time, energy, emotion etc on something: a huge investment of time and effortCOLLOCATIONSverbsmake an investment (in something)· We have made a huge investment in our website.attract investment· The company is trying to attract investment from overseas.stimulate/encourage investment· The government has cut taxes in order to stimulate investment.protect your investment· It's best to invest in several funds, in order to protect your investment.recoup your investment (=get back the money that you have invested)· Investors will have to take legal action to recoup their investment.adjectivesa good investment· Property is usually a good investment.a bad/poor investment· The shares turned out to be a poor investment.a big/major/massive/huge investment· Developing a new computer system is always a big investment for any organisation.a safe investment (=in which you are unlikely to lose money)· Electricity shares are still a safe investment.a wise investment (=very sensible)· A pension might be a wise investment.a risky investment (=in which you are likely to lose money)· Risky investments usually have higher yields.foreign/overseas investment· The government is eager to attract foreign investment to fund building projects.a long-term investment (=one that will give you profit after a long time)· Buying a house is a long-term investment.a short-term investment (=one that will give you profit in a short time)· Interest rates will be cut on short-term investments.private investment (=investment by private individuals)· Public expenditure in declining areas will attract future private investment.public investment (=investment by the government or state)· There have been drastic cuts in public investment in housing.capital investment (=investment in machines, equipment etc)· A huge capital investment will have to be made to maintain the buildings.investment + NOUNan investment scheme British English, an investment program American English:· Most investment schemes are subject to tax.an investment opportunity· She took advantage of a unique investment opportunity.an investment adviser· He has served as an investment adviser for several major banks.an investment banker· He is an investment banker at a prestigious Wall Street firm.investment income (=money that you earn from your investments)· The rate of taxation on investment income is set to increase.investment funds· The city is in a good position to attract new investment funds.phrasesthe (rate of) return on an investment (=profit from an investment)· We expect a high return on our investment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A Certificate of Deposit remains one of the safest investments.
- Buying shares in blue-chip companies is always a sound investment.
- exciting investment opportunities
- Foreign investment peaked in November, when overseas investors took advantage of low prices.
- In ten years' time, your investment should be worth four times what it is now.
- Once we have seen an improvement in the company's performance, we will think about further investment.
- Raising kids requires a huge investment of time and energy.
- The Postal Service has made an extremely large investment in automated technology.
- We have the largest investment in microelectronics technology of any company in the world.
Longman Language Activatormoney for starting a new business or other activity
British /financing American British money that you borrow or receive in order to pay for something important and expensive, for example for starting a business: · We can't continue our research unless we get more finance.· The business plan is strong, but without financing, it will never work.finance for: · Scottish Homes is the nation's biggest source of finance for house building. obtain/raise finance: · The next step was to obtain finance to develop the project.· You'll have to explain to them how you intend to raise the financing you need.provide finance: · The European Investment Bank will provide finance for a variety of regional initiatives.
a large amount of money that you can use to start a business or to pay for something that will later produce more money: · There is a shortage of capital for building new aircraft.· Our return on capital has more than doubled since 1980.investment capital: · The plan is expected to create vast amounts of investment capital.raise capital: · Since the stockmarket crash, companies have been trying to raise capital by selling new stock.
money that a government provides to pay for education, theatre, music etc, not for business activities: · The President has yet to approve the additional funding needed to implement the program. · If the funding were increased by just 12%, we could be close to a cure for the disease in five years.funding of: · A special body advises the government on the funding of research.funding for: · Cuts in funding for the arts has lead to the closure of several theatres.government/federal/state/public funding (=funding provided by the government): · Congress banned federal funding of embryo research in 1995.· The church is seeking an extra $300,000 in government funding.lack of funding (=not enough funding): · School facilities have deteriorated over the past six years because of a lack of funding.provide funding: · The Center will also provide funding to improve data collection and research.
the money that people or organizations give to a company, business, or bank, because they expect that they will get back more money than they gave: · In ten years' time, your investment should be worth four times what it is now.· Once we have seen an improvement in the company's performance, we will think about further investment.· exciting investment opportunitiesinvestment in: · We have the largest investment in microelectronics technology of any company in the world.make an investment: · The Postal Service has made an extremely large investment in automated technology.foreign investment (=investment in a country that is not your own country): · Foreign investment peaked in November, when overseas investors took advantage of low prices.sound investment (=an investment that is not likely to lose money): · Buying shares in blue-chip companies is always a sound investment.
money that is provided by a company or by the government to pay for someone to do something or pay for something such as a sports event, art show etc: · We are looking for sponsorship from local businesses.· Companies can help projects by providing financial sponsorship, office space, or printing facilities.sponsorship of: · a ban on tobacco company sponsorship of sports eventsgovernment/state sponsorship: · The exhibition received £50,000 in government sponsorship.corporate sponsorship (=sponsorship from a private company): · Corporate sponsorship ensures that far more money finds its way into sport than would otherwise be the case.
an amount of money that a government or other organization gives to someone to help pay for something good or useful, such as their education: · These grants will help communities address the problems faced by young people.grant from: · You can get a grant from the council to pay for the repairs.a grant of $400/£30 etc: · She received a grant of £20,000 from the Arts Council to set up the Centre.government/state/federal grant: · Researchers at the University of San Francisco will receive a $6.7 million federal grant for research on ovarian cancer.block grant (=money that the central government gives to local government to help pay for roads, police, schools etc): · Our role is to decide how the block grant should be allocated.development grant (=money that a government gives to a country or a city to help pay for economic development in a particular area): · The building was converted into flats with the aid of an urban development grant.· Most regions in Spain and Portugal qualify for sizeable development grants from the EU.research grant (=a grant given to someone to do research in a particular subject): · Research grants are plentiful in science and engineering subjects, but much harder to get in the humanities.award/give somebody a grant: · He was awarded a $25,000 grant by the Rockefeller Foundation, which enabled him to finish the work.apply for a grant: · To apply for a loan or grant, call 1-800-323-4140.· We're applying for a grant of £500 for equipment.grant proposal (=a special form that you fill in when you ask for a grant): · Jen was up all night writing her grant proposal.
money that the government provides to help a business or industry which might not be able to operate without this additional money: · The taskforce has recommended some kind of subsidy to help businesses get their Internet start-ups off the ground.· Lacking the generous subsidies that European orchestras receive, modern American groups are under increasing pressure to play popular pieces.state/federal/government/public subsidy : · Without state subsidies, the railways couldn't survive.· Federal subsidies would be available to help employers pay the insurance premiums.· They built and financed a whole new suburb, and they did it without a public subsidy.agricultural/farm subsidy: · US farmers are having trouble coping with the reductions in agricultural subsidies.· Farm subsidies totaled $53 billion last year.
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balance sheet, nounBaltic Exchange, nounbankroll, nounbase rate, nounbasis point, bed-and-breakfasting, nounbellwether, nounbelow the line, adjectivebeneficial owner, best efforts, adjectivebeta coefficient, nounbid and asked, adjectivebill rate, Black Friday, nounBlack Thursday, nounBlack Tuesday, nounBlack Wednesday, nounblank transfer, bond, nounbond fund, bond premium, bookbuilding, nounbook debt, book entry, book-keeper, nounbook-keeping, nounbottom fisher, nounbought deal, bourse, nounbreakeven, nounbreak-up value, buildings and contents insurance, buoy, verbbuoyancy, nounbuoyant, adjectivebusiness angel, nounbusiness entity, business manager, buyback, nounbuy-in, nounbuying power, buying price, buy limit order, buy order, buyout, nouncabinet bid, callable, adjectivecallable fixture, nouncap and collar, nouncapital appreciation, capital asset pricing model, capital charge, capital dilution, nouncapital equipment, capital flow, nouncapital gain, capital invested, nouncapitalization of reserves, nouncapitalize, verbcapitalized, adjectivecapital movement, nouncapital outlay, capital rationing, nouncapital stock, capital sum, capital surplus, capital transfer, capital value, CAR, carried down, adjectivecarried forward, adjectivecarried over, adjectivecarryback, nouncarryforward, nouncarrying charge, carry-over, nouncash account, cash at bank, nouncash basis, nouncashbook, nouncash column, cash equivalent, cash flow, nouncashless, adjectivecash management, cash price, CBOT, c/d, certificate of deposit, nouncertificate of occupancy, nouncertified public accountant, nounCFO, chain of title, nounChapter 7, nounChartered Financial Consultant, nounchartist, nounchattels real, nounChicago Board Options Exchange, nounChicago Mercantile Exchange, nounChinese wall, nounchurning, nounCISCO, nounclawback, nounclean opinion, nounclearer, nounclearing agent, nounclosed-end, adjectiveclosely held, adjectiveCMA, CME, COGS, collection ratio, Comex, nouncomfort letter, commercial agent, common ownership, company doctor, company limited by guarantee, nouncompany limited by shares, nouncomparables, nouncomparable-store sales, compensate, verbcompensating error, completion date, compound, verbcompound annual rate of return, nouncompound interest, nouncomptroller, nounComptroller and Auditor General, nounComptroller General, nounComptroller of the Currency, nouncompulsory purchase order, concert party, nounconsistency concept, nounconsolidated accounts, consolidator, nounConsols, nouncontango, nouncontinuous inventory, contra account, contra-asset account, contract note, controller, nouncontrol period, conversion premium, cooling-off period, nounco-operative society, corporate investment, cost, verbcost of goods sold, nouncounting-house, nouncoupon sheet, nounCPA, nounCPI, cramdown, nouncredit, nouncredit, verbcredit card payment, credit facility, creditor turnover rate, nouncredit quality, credit repair, credit standing, credit status, creeping control, CREST, nouncurrency pair, nouncurrency peg, nounDaily Official List, nounday book, nounday order, dead cat bounce, death futures, debt capital, debt ratio, decliner, noundeed of conveyance, noundeferred credits, noundeferred income, deferred share, degearing, noundeleverage, noundelinquent tax certificate, delivery date, demand note, dematerialize, verbdemonetize, verbdemutualize, verbdenominated, adjectivedeposit certificate, depository institution, deposit protection fund, noundepreciable life, depreciation account, deprival value, derivative lease, direct exchange, direct investment, direct labour, directors register, discount brokerage, discount loan, discretionary account, discretionary order, discretionary spending, diversifieds, noundivestment, nounDJIA, dollar-cost averaging, noundollars-and-cents, adjectivedomestic investment, double declining balance, double-witching, noundown payment, noundowntick, nounDPS, drawdown, noundrawing account, dual capacity, noundual listing, due, adjectivedue diligence, earn, verbEasdaq, nouneconomic, adjectiveeffective rate, emissions unit, encash, verbequity, nounequity investment, ERM, nounerror of commission, nounerror of omission, nounerror of posting, nounerror of principle, nounethical investment, Euribor, nounEuro.NM, nounEuropean interbank offered rate, exceptionals, nounexchange arbitrage, exchange of contracts, nounex gratia, adjectiveexpense ratio, expiration date, face amount, factor cost, factoring, nounfailure, nounfair value, fand, nounFederal funds, fee absolute, nounfigure, nounfinal accounts, final distribution, finance charge, Financial Accounting Standards Board, nounfinancial investment, financials, nounfinancial services, financial supermarket, financial year, nounfinancier, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-quarter, adjectivefixed assets, nounfixed costs, nounfixed-income investment, fixed investment, fixtures and fittings, nounfloater, nounflood insurance, flowback, nounflow of funds, nounfocus list, foreign investment, freehold possession, free movement, nounfriends, nounfront-running, nounfull-year, adjectivefully-subscribed, adjectivefunder, nounfungible, adjectivefutures, nounfuture value, FY, G & A, gainer, noungilts, nounGinnie Mae, nounGLOBEX, nounGNMA, noungolden share, golds, noungood-faith money, government investment, greenshoe, noungross, adjectivegross income, gross investment, group accounts, grubstake, nounguaranty, nounhealth warning, nounhigh end, nounhigh flyer, nounhigh-yield, adjectiveHip, nounholding, nounholding company, nounholdout, nounhomeowner's insurance, home repair, household insurance, idle balance, imprest, nouninactive account, incentive fee, income and expenditure account, income share, incubator space, index-linked, adjectiveindirect exchange, industrials, nouninherit, verbinheritance, nouninjection, nounIN.SECTS, nouninstitutional investment, interest cover, International Monetary Fund, nounInternational Securities Exchange, nouninvest, verbinvestment, nouninvestment income, investor, nouninvestor resistance, issuance, nounissue flop, nounissuer, nounkerb market, key money, large-cap, nounlast in, first out, nounlast sale, leaseback, nounleasehold possession, ledger, nounledger clerk, legal investment, lending rate, nounletter of comfort, nounleverage, verblifecycle cost, LIFO, like-for-like, adjectiveliquidity, nounliquid ratio test, loading, nounloan-to-value ratio, London Clearing House, nounM & A, management charge, mandatory general offer, margin account, market order, material fact, nounmature, adjectivematurity, nounmid-cap, nounMMC, mortgage protection insurance, multiple (share) application, municipals, nounNational Market System, nounNational Savings Stock Register, nounNBV, net, adjectivenet, verbnet 10/eom, adverbnet 30, adverbnet annual value, net asset backing, net asset value, net book value, net income, net interest, net investment, net present value, net realizable value, nominal accounts, nominal price, nominal value, non-payment, nounnon-recurring, adjectivenote issuance facility, NPV, NTA, number-cruncher, nounOEIC, offer for sale, nounoff-market, adjectiveon demand, adverbopen interest, nounopen-market, adjectiveopen outcry, nounoperating income, option, nounoption premium, option pricing model, options contract, order-driven, adjectiveorigination, nounoutflow, nounoutturn, nounoutward investment, overallotment, nounoverborrow, verboverbought, adjectiveovercapitalized, adjectiveovergeared, adjectiveoverissue, nounoverlend, verboverseas investment, overtrade, verbowner-operator, nounP&L, packager, nounpaperchase, nounpar value, pass-through, nounpawn, verbpayables, nounpay and file, nounpaying agent, payout ratio, PDR, pension fund, nounpension plan, nounPE ratio, performance guarantee, permission to build, nounpersonal investment, petrodollars, nounPink Sheets, nounplanning application, plat book, pledgee, nounplot plan, pooling of interests, nounpork bellies, nounportfolio, nounpoundage, nounppd., prelease, verbpremium bond, nounpresale, nounprice-sensitive, adjectiveprimary share, prime-1, nounprime tenant, principal, nounprivate company, private income, nounprivate investment, privately-owned, adjectiveprivate placing, proceeds, nounprofit-taking, nounpro-forma, adjectivepro-forma invoice, prompt date, prompt note, property, nounproperty investment, pro rata, adjectiveprorate, verbpublic investment, publicly-held, adjectivepurchase journal, nounpurchases account, purse, nounp.w., quote-driven, adjectiveramping, nounrandom walk, nounratable, adjectiverateable value, rate of return, nounrating agency, real, adjectivereal accounts, real estate investment, realization concept, nounrebound, verbreceiver, nounreceivership, nounrecoup, verbrecuperate, verbred ink, nounredlining, nounrefunding, nounRegional Stock Exchange, nounregistered stock, REIT, nounremarket, verbREMIC, nounremit, verbremittance, nounrent, verbrental, nounrent-free, adjectiverepatriate, verbrepurchase agreement, research manager, reserve requirement, reserves, nounresidual value, resource, verbresults, nounretainer, nounretirement plan, nounreturn, verbreturn, nounrevenue, nounreverse share split, risk analysis, nounrisk profile, ROA, root of title, royalty payment, ruin, verbsale and repurchase agreement, sales account, sales budget, sales charge, sales returns account, salvage value, nounsame-store sales, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, nounsaving, nounSavings and Loan Association, nounSEATS, nounsecondary shares, second-tier share, securities house, security rating, self-dealing, nounself-liquidating, adjectiveSETS, nounsettlement date, settling day, nounshare application, share exchange offer, share manipulation, share split, shark repellent, nounshelf registration, Ship, nounshort-covering, nounshort-term gain, sinking fund, nounsiphon, verbsliding peg, nounsmall-cap, nounSOX, nounspeculate, verbspeculation, nounspeculative, adjectivespeculative investment, squeeze, verbstk., stockbrokerage, nounstock count, nounstockholding, nounstock parking, nounstock valuation, stop order, straight line, adjectivestructural analysis, sublet, verbsubsidize, verbsubsidy, nounsubvention, nounsum of the digits, nounsundries account, super voting rights, sustainability index, swaption, nounsystematic risk, technical analysis, technical analyst, technical correction, technicals, nountenant at sufferance, nountenant at will, nountenant for years, nountenant in common, nounterm, nountippee, nountipper, nountip sheets, nountotal, verbtrading loss, trading profit, transfer, verbtransfer agent, transfer register, trigger point, triple-A, adjectivetriple-witching, nountrue and fair view, nountrust, nountrust company, trustee, nountrusteeship, nountrust fund, nounturnover ratio, undercapitalized, adjectiveundercharge, verbunderfunded, adjectiveunder-investment, noununderreport, verbundervalued, verbunderwriting power, unearned income, ungeared, adjectiveunitize, verbunit of account, noununsystematic risk, upfront fee, uptick, nounvault cash, vendor placing, Wall Street, war chest, nounweak, adjectiveworking capital, nounwrite-off, nounwritten-down value, yield spread, yield to call, nounyield to maturity, nounYTD, YTM, zaitech, nounZ-score, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs Cleary has been working as a computer analyst in Winchester. ethical investment policies (=investing only in businesses that are considered morally acceptable) Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods. our budget for foreign aid (=financial help to countries in need) the Chinese Foreign Minister
· We have made a huge investment in our website.
· The company is trying to attract investment from overseas.
· The government has cut taxes in order to stimulate investment.
· It's best to invest in several funds, in order to protect your investment.
(=get back the money that you have invested)· Investors will have to take legal action to recoup their investment.
adjectives· Property is usually a good investment.
· The shares turned out to be a poor investment.
· Developing a new computer system is always a big investment for any organisation.
(=in which you are unlikely to lose money)· Electricity shares are still a safe investment.
(=very sensible)· A pension might be a wise investment.
(=in which you are likely to lose money)· Risky investments usually have higher yields.
· The government is eager to attract foreign investment to fund building projects.
(=one that will give you profit after a long time)· Buying a house is a long-term investment.
(=one that will give you profit in a short time)· Interest rates will be cut on short-term investments.
(=investment by private individuals)· Public expenditure in declining areas will attract future private investment.
(=investment by the government or state)· There have been drastic cuts in public investment in housing.
(=investment in machines, equipment etc)· A huge capital investment will have to be made to maintain the buildings.
investment + NOUN British English, an investment program American English:· Most investment schemes are subject to tax.
· She took advantage of a unique investment opportunity.
· He has served as an investment adviser for several major banks.
· He is an investment banker at a prestigious Wall Street firm.
(=money that you earn from your investments)· The rate of taxation on investment income is set to increase.
· The city is in a good position to attract new investment funds.
phrases (=profit from an investment)· We expect a high return on our investment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Cleary has been working as a computer analyst in Winchester. (=one that buys and sells stocks and shares etc)· Goldman Sachs, the US investment bank
· the investment boom of the past few years
ethical investment policies (=investing only in businesses that are considered morally acceptable) Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods. our budget for foreign aid (=financial help to countries in need) the Chinese Foreign Minister (=for buying shares, property, etc in order to make a profit)· The building is currently owned by Argo Partnership, a Toronto-based investment fund.
(=income from investments)· You will be taxed on your investment income.
· Property is usually a sound investment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The ecological market determines when plants and animals should make the biggest investment of all: to reproduce.· For refiners, it required a big capital investment in new equipment.· The big surge in investment has been possible only because of the liberalisation policies pursued by the Government.· What also backfired were big investments in pitchers Sean Bergman and Fernando Valenzuela.· Under the country's voucher-privatisation system, the majority of the company's shares were acquired by seven big investment funds.· It represents the biggest single investment made in the country since New Delhi began free-market reforms in July 1991.· Smith Barney still lags its six biggest rivals in investment banking -- Merrill Lynch&.
· This is 15 percent of all capital investment and double the figure five years ago.· The ideal situation would be to recover the capital investment and the production costs and still make a reasonable profit.· The railways stimulated capital investment, entrepreneurial adventure, and the money market.· Deductions for capital investments in new equipment and facilities would be immediate, instead of spread out over time.· He also listed the capital investments that have been made to improve health care in his constituency.· Mr Kobrick said semiconductor stocks are especially risky because chip production requires heavy capital investment.· The state networks received more capital investment.· Major capital investments are being made to build an ReD infrastructure in these industries.
· Katherine Garrett-Cox became chief investment officer at Aberdeen Asset Management only last month.
· Both offer a choice of direct equity investment and unit trust investment up to the maximum £2,400.· He pointed to a lag in technology as a factor against such direct investment.· They became less willing to transfer capital to the most troubled borrowers by the conventional means of foreign direct investment.· In the 1990s such investment has grown more quickly than direct investment.· In principle, direct investment brings with it better management, improved technology, and marketing expertise.
· Contractual undertakings on environmental protection should be included in privatisation programmes and other foreign investment projects.· Total direct foreign investment grew to $ 2 billion in 1995 from about $ 1 billion in 1994.· This reduces the magnitude of local value added, a key measure of the benefit of foreign investment.· Brokers said they see an even bigger trading year for 1996 as foreign investment rises.· Articles were amended to encourage the development of the private sector and increased foreign investment.· He and other analysts figure that formation of a stable government would draw in more foreign investment, buoying the market.· Domestic and foreign investment would be treated equally.· Nor had large foreign investments, promised by the pragmatists, materialized.
· Is not that the best investment that we can make in the long-term future for that troubled area?· A good investment, it seems, but a tough one for accountants to grapple with.· With regard to second-hand values, a good pipe organ is a better investment than an electronic instrument.· Hank told me this car was a good investment.· In popular mythology, gold is regarded as a good investment.· A detour to disaster can come disguised as a good business investment.· Dividend increases can mean any of the following: 1. Good investment prospects.· But I believe I made the best investment any of us can make.
· As he said, inward investment is one of the great success stories of the last decade.· How can one expect inward investment when no assistance is given to our existing industries?· Ten years ago only 6 percent. of inward investment went to the west midlands.· It means more doubtful inward investment.· Now 24 percent. of inward investment goes to the west midlands.· In the north-west, we will continue to encourage domestic and inward investment and we will not discriminate against it.· Everyone in the House must want further inward investment and the development that comes with it.· I know that he appreciates the importance of infrastructure improvements to stimulate and encourage inward investment.
· Meanwhile we're impatient for a larger return on investment.· Rules numbered in the thousands, requiring a large investment in experts' time, rule development, and rule maintenance.· All of that will be possible by large investment by the Dubai Government.· Taken altogether, that was not a large investment.· Similarly large investments are also necessary in electricity generation.· If we succeed in this goal, the large investment we have made in time and energy will all have been worthwhile.· We now have the largest investment programme of capital investment in the national health service that we have ever had.· The Military Assistance Program of 1949 was, obviously, only a small down payment on a large long-term investment.
· Electrification continued apace during the decade with the major investment on the East Coast main line and in East Anglia.· Do major infrastructure investments count as current expenditures?· These companies and others, such as the Sun Fire Office, through their accumulated resources became major sources of investment.· It would have required a major financial investment, with some risk, that few companies would be willing to make.· Production values are extremely high and many of the discs include major investments in cartoon animation and stills photography.· In many of the large public sector industries, major investments in ReD are a relatively new phenomenon.· The second major influence on investment demand is age.· All major investment projects under construction or planned would be reconsidered in the light of possible risks to the environment.
· But Earl Shilton would have insisted on a minimum £1,000 investment for non-locals.· Janus also raised its minimum investment for individual retirement accounts to $ 500 from $ 250.· The minimum investment is £100, with a maximum of £20,000.· There is no minimum investment and switching is available at no dealing cost.· The minimum investment in these accounts is often as low as £2,500-sometimes even less.· Taylor-Young Investment Management accepts minimum investments of £50,000 for its unit and investment trust service and £100,000 for a wider portfolio.· The minimum investment is set at £500 with an initial charge of 5 percent plus an annual fee of 1 percent.· Both require a minimum investment of £1, give instant access and include gifts.
· In the 1980s the Chancellor reduced the rate of corporation tax companies paid but also reduced the allowances on new investment.· Fidelity Investments is hoping to cash in on some of this traffic by offering three new unit investment trusts.· The proceeds from the disposals will be used to reduce Group borrowings and support new investment.· Co., a New York investment firm.· Most managers have not viewed these new areas of investment with great enthusiasm.· It also hired 16 new investment companies.· In addition security and replacement costs restricted operations and new investment.
· This was not really so bad. Private investment had been what governments had been doing anyway.· The key to making it work, however, remains private investment.· I have continued to put in personal investment and I have private sector investment too.· It sought to use federal resources and authority to support private investments that would contribute to local economic development.· In essence I proposed that rather than having public investment we should substitute private investment without any Government guarantee.· Indeed, for many municipalities a concern with cost containment and with stimulating private investment became a practical necessity.· I was not alone in wanting to get private investment into public-sector industries.· A series of measures-such as' Competition Credit Controlwere introduced to encourage investment and reduce regulatory controls on private sector investment decisions.
· Within six months we will review the roads programme and mobilise private capital for large-scale public transport investment.· The relationship between public investment and private development is important in considering how a canal would be financed.· Increased public investment is essential to economic recovery.· But there still remained immensely powerful ministers who led the fight for increased public investment and spending measures to cut unemployment.· An attempt to observe whether or not public investment leverages private investment has therefore been inconclusive.· They suggested a public investment programme which could be planned ahead to counteract the fall in private investment during a slump.· This is a totally new approach to public investment.· It asks whether there is any clear spatial relationship between need and public investment.
· And, given that an average presentation may require 20 to 30 of these, that represents a substantial investment.· Rather, Siemens is convinced that it can profit directly from even substantial investments in youth.· They cost a great amount of money and represent substantial investments to the organizations or people sponsoring them.· Business made a substantial investment in the Republican Party in the recent election.· However, the carousels are a substantial capital investment.· The aim, therefore, was to attract substantial foreign investment.· The Government have made a substantial investment towards the cost of improving the A4059 at Aberdare and Abercynon.· They were shown results of the substantial capital investment programme.
· You could end up losing your total investment.· Their total investment had been about one thousand dollars.· His team went further in hoping that only a quarter of total investment would remain in private hands.· No more than 10 percent of total investment to be tied up in any one company. 2.· Holdings of unlisted shares must not account for more than 15 percent of total investment.· The agreement includes a $ 4.4 million equity stake that raises Verio's total financial investment in NorthPoint to $ 10.0 million.
NOUN· After studying accountancy at Chicago University, he worked on and off as an investment analyst.· That is an opportunity cost just like investment analysts view opportunity costs.· Unusually, he is not an investment analyst, but a former history teacher.· Henry Kaufman, the economist and investment analyst, might be expected to welcome the trend.· Mr Stefan Abrams, an investment analyst at Kidder Peabody, thinks earnings will start rising again in the second quarter.· The balance sheet that would be most useful to an investment analyst would be the market value balance sheet.· In the bottom-up approach, investment analysts produce earnings forecasts on the basis of detailed research into the firm's activities.
· Companies had long been the domain of commercial bankers and the corporate finance and equity departments of investment banks.· Fortunately, the investment banks have managed to gain control of the dividends of only big and new companies.· But Kleinwort Benson, an investment bank, has done a spot of detective work.· Anne Heche plays Alex, a beautiful woman who works in a disreputable investment bank.· However, a variety of other devices for similar purposes were also being developed, notably the investment bank or banque d'affaires.
· Meanwhile, the corporate-finance deals that had been generating big bucks for Wall Street's investment bankers were starting to dry up.· Last year, it retained investment bankers and disclosed it was considering an initial public offering of stock.· The idea, cooked up by investment bankers, is to split into two new entities.· It was a headhunter who found Sir John Riddell, a successful investment banker in his early fifties.· In most cases the trustee is a commercial bank or investment banker.· After all, their brokers and investment bankers win business by being optimists, not pessimists.· Imagine if Wolfe had written a novel in which an investment banker runs over a middle-aged steelworker.
· Offshore investment business still relies on a large number of insurance products, some of which are complicated arrangements.· But also, I had dreamed of having my own investment business for at least a decade.· Members working in the reserved areas of audit, investment business and insolvency.· Under consideration are transactions entered into in the course of carrying on unauthorised investment business.· Full employee ownership of shares is an unsettling prospect for those in the investment business.· Section 4 makes it an offence to carry on investment business in contravention of section 3.· A major review was undertaken of the Society's regulatory functions including practising certificates, accountant's reports and investment business certificates.· The Solicitors' Investment Business Rules apply to multi-national practices with investment business certificates.
· Newco will usually be acquiring a trade and will therefore be a trading company rather than an investment company from the outset.· It also hired 16 new investment companies.· The Group also holds an interest in an associate, Methodplan Limited, a finance and investment Company.· The practice allows the investment companies to show what they are doing with their customers' money.
· The returns from the two investment decisions are equal; hence we may write, this reduces to, hence,.· Impact of investment decisions on science and technology takes a relatively long time to show up.· Connolly likes the manager's size and research facilities, which help it to make better investment decisions.· But a low capital-gains rate leads to investment decisions based on expectations of tax avoidance rather than productive efficiency.· This can have a marked effect on any investment decision.· A series of measures-such as' Competition Credit Controlwere introduced to encourage investment and reduce regulatory controls on private sector investment decisions.· Moreover, regulators will not help you if your losses are a result of a poor or unlucky investment decision.· We can now see how pricing and investment decisions are interconnected.
· Substantial numbers of actuaries are also employed in specialist investment firms, in industry, in Government service and in general insurance.· Partners, a Los Angeles-based investment firm, for $ 225 million in cash.· Isaly, a New York investment firm.· An investment firm wins the bond award by bidding the lowest interest rate to the county.· As the old legal barriers fell, many investment firms became more like banks.· The new owner is an international investment firm.· They moved back and forth between government, law and investment firms, and the foundations.
· Although the under-18s can not trade shares themselves, adults can buy stakes in collective investment funds on their behalf.· Island authorities are keen to take advantage of their position as a self-governing Crown protectorate to attract offshore investment funds.· Proponents argued that bonds represented the only source of investment funds for many small companies.· The use of linear programming as an aid to decision making when allocating scarce investment funds has been widely advocated.· Even insider-trading accusations against brokerages and managers of investment funds haven't hurt stocks' appeal.· In a competitive environment, Bristol is already well-positioned to attract new investment funds.· The vouchers may be pooled in investment funds or exchanged for shares in privatized firms.
· Sun Fire around 1800 had an investment income of £30,000 perannum compared with underwriting profits of £12,000.· It is deductible only to the extent that you earn investment income.· About a third of these costs are met by the Church Commissioners, who generated investment income of £140.8 million in 1989.· Individuals would not pay taxes on interest or investment income, and businesses could not deduct the cost of fringe benefits.· The remainder will be treated as investment income, which is liable to tax.· At that depressing time, you would not want your investment income to fall as well.· A flat tax, which eliminated tax on investment income, might.· His plan would tax interest and other investment income at the same 16 percent.
· Katherine Garrett-Cox became chief investment officer at Aberdeen Asset Management only last month.
· You should, therefore, act now to take advantage of a unique investment opportunity.· So why would Amencans look across their borders for investment opportunities?· As interest rates continue to fall around the world, bonds could well prove to be the investment opportunity of the 1990s.· This isn't just another investment opportunity for me, you see, Miss Williams.· Every time he speaks to a colleague, a team-member or a customer, he is seizing an investment opportunity.· Superb investment opportunity for the future.· Volkswagen has seized an investment opportunity by buying Skoda, and other Western car manufacturers are setting up Western-style dealerships.
· The enormous investment programme is precisely what makes the industry exciting to City investors, since it underpins rising revenues.· The studies would be followed by an investment programme, estimated at some dollars 500,000,000.· The capital increase is to help speed the investment programme and to achieve Olivetti's growth targets.· Will he now start an emergency investment programme?· Alongside a programme of raising skill levels is the need to dovetail an investment programme.· We now have the largest investment programme of capital investment in the national health service that we have ever had.· Will the Treasury guarantee the long term investment programme and not require an eight percent return from Railtrack on such investment?· In addition, in order to fund the water industry's capital investment programme, a complex system of price regulation was announced.
· As this century has advanced, so investment trusts have developed to embrace more direct investment in the shares of other companies.· Fidelity Investments is hoping to cash in on some of this traffic by offering three new unit investment trusts.· As Fig. 4.4 shows, the assets of investment trusts are overwhelmingly company securities; there are very few government securities.· Until 1984 the only way to buy shares in investment trusts was through a stockbroker.· Taylor-Young Investment Management accepts minimum investments of £50,000 for its unit and investment trust service and £100,000 for a wider portfolio.· They are bought through a stockbroker in the same way as ordinary investment trust shares.
VERB· Mr Major bragged about his opt-out from the social chapter, saying that it would attract foreign investment from Britain's neighbours.· Its report said countries that have reformed most vigorously have recovered from recession more rapidly and attracted more investment.· It hopes to attract foreign investment and technology by liberalising and privatising the industry and encouraging joint ventures.· New economic reforms were put on hold, although efforts to attract foreign investment and push forward with the modernization drive continued.· If it works, it will attract foreign investment.· We will continue to support all parts of the United Kingdom in their campaigns to attract inward investment.· That is what attracts investment from abroad and makes it profitable for domestic industry to invest as well.· The aim, therefore, was to attract substantial foreign investment.
· If these measures had been designed to encourage investment, or to create jobs, they would at least have restored economic growth.· In this framework, policies that encourage investment are good; policies that make investment less profitable are bad.· Other hoped-for measures include tax breaks for industry to encourage investment and more cash for building projects.· The federal government creates these funny situations with tax breaks to encourage investment.· It was designed to use preferential interest rates to encourage investment in manufacturing, tourism, mining and agriculture.· A series of measures-such as' Competition Credit Controlwere introduced to encourage investment and reduce regulatory controls on private sector investment decisions.
· The gain was mostly because of increased income from investment management and trust services.· There has tended to be an increase in confidence within IIAs, although this has rarely been matched by increasing private-sector investment.· But the amount of available time, unlike money, can not be increased by wise investment or hard work.· Water charges will be required to increase to meet these investment needs whatever option is chosen.· DRIPs let shareholders increase their investment by taking dividends in stock or by purchasing additional shares straight from the company.· It is a private university, heavily dependent on a vast endowment created by private donations and increased by shrewd investment.· Unfortunately, we have witnessed the consequences of increasing reliance on foreign investment.
· Only large record companies had access to sufficient finance to make that kind of investment.· That could make bonds safer investments than stocks in the medium-to-long-term.· Most have either made sensible investments or have bought what they wanted and could afford.· But let me tell you, I believe I made the best investment any of us can make.· The use of linear programming as an aid to decision making when allocating scarce investment funds has been widely advocated.· The Communists made massive investments that did not pay off because of a poor incentive structure.· These are the companies which made heavy investment in the electronic transmitter cells which now cover 90 percent of the country.· And critics doubt many counties would make such an investment.
· Rate of return: Here, the rate of return is the minimum that you require from an investment.· Rules numbered in the thousands, requiring a large investment in experts' time, rule development, and rule maintenance.· It requires investment in good governance and tackling petty corruption.· For refiners, it required a big capital investment in new equipment.· However, all these initiatives require heavy investment at a time when economies are squeezed by foreign debt repayments.· Refitting the lines and equipment requires time and huge investments of capital.· The failure to index depreciation schedules for inflation is devastating for manufacturing and other industries that require long-term investments.
· The railways stimulated capital investment, entrepreneurial adventure, and the money market.· Trouble is, they are the wrong songs: The supply-side view that tax cuts stimulate investment is simply not clearly demonstrated.· Public investment will modernise services, help business and industry and stimulate private investment.· Indeed, for many municipalities a concern with cost containment and with stimulating private investment became a practical necessity.· I know that he appreciates the importance of infrastructure improvements to stimulate and encourage inward investment.· The key to meeting this challenge was to stimulate private investment in the city.
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- A review of offshore banks was also started and was expected to lead to several banks losing their licences to operate.
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- For a good ways more, Collymore sailed onward to the offshore banks and then anchored.
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WORD FAMILYnouninvestmentinvestorverbinvest
1[countable, uncountable] the use of money to get a profit or to make a business activity successful, or the money that is used: We plan to buy some property as an investment.investment in That year, Japanese investment in American real estate totaled $13.06 billion.investment of Each of us was required to put up a minimum investment of £5,000.2[countable] something that you buy or do because it will be useful latera good/sound investment The lessons cost me over £500, but I consider them a good investment.3[singular, uncountable] when you spend a large amount of time, energy, emotion etc on something: a huge investment of time and effortCOLLOCATIONSverbsmake an investment (in something)· We have made a huge investment in our website.attract investment· The company is trying to attract investment from overseas.stimulate/encourage investment· The government has cut taxes in order to stimulate investment.protect your investment· It's best to invest in several funds, in order to protect your investment.recoup your investment (=get back the money that you have invested)· Investors will have to take legal action to recoup their investment.adjectivesa good investment· Property is usually a good investment.a bad/poor investment· The shares turned out to be a poor investment.a big/major/massive/huge investment· Developing a new computer system is always a big investment for any organisation.a safe investment (=in which you are unlikely to lose money)· Electricity shares are still a safe investment.a wise investment (=very sensible)· A pension might be a wise investment.a risky investment (=in which you are likely to lose money)· Risky investments usually have higher yields.foreign/overseas investment· The government is eager to attract foreign investment to fund building projects.a long-term investment (=one that will give you profit after a long time)· Buying a house is a long-term investment.a short-term investment (=one that will give you profit in a short time)· Interest rates will be cut on short-term investments.private investment (=investment by private individuals)· Public expenditure in declining areas will attract future private investment.public investment (=investment by the government or state)· There have been drastic cuts in public investment in housing.capital investment (=investment in machines, equipment etc)· A huge capital investment will have to be made to maintain the buildings.investment + NOUNan investment scheme British English, an investment program American English:· Most investment schemes are subject to tax.an investment opportunity· She took advantage of a unique investment opportunity.an investment adviser· He has served as an investment adviser for several major banks.an investment banker· He is an investment banker at a prestigious Wall Street firm.investment income (=money that you earn from your investments)· The rate of taxation on investment income is set to increase.investment funds· The city is in a good position to attract new investment funds.phrasesthe (rate of) return on an investment (=profit from an investment)· We expect a high return on our investment.