investment investiture | the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office, the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank |
royal tennis real tennis court tennis | an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court |
foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
investment | the act of putting on robes or vestments |
investing investment | the act of investing, laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit |
foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) |
real-estate business | the business of selling real estate |
investment | outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism |
real storage | the main memory in a virtual memory system |
investment | the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result, this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking, he made an emotional investment in the work |
real McCoy real thing real stuff | informal usage attributing authenticity |
real world real life | the practical world as opposed to the academic world, a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world |
real presence | (Christianity) the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist |
Real IRA Real Irish Republican Army RIRA Dissident Irish Republican Army | a radical terrorist group that broke away in when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire, has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement |
investment company investment trust investment firm fund | a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies |
mutual fund mutual fund company open-end fund open-end investment company | a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares |
closed-end fund closed-end investment company | a regulated investment company that issues a fixed number of shares which are listed on a stock market |
Real Estate Investment Trust REIT | an investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate assets, shares can be bought and sold in the stock market |
unit investment trust unit trust | a regulated investment company consisting of professional managers who issue redeemable securities representing a portfolio of many different securities, you can invest in a unit investment trust for as little as $ |
real matrix | a matrix whose elements are all real numbers |
investment adviser investment advisor | someone who advises others how to invest their money |
investment banker underwriter | a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities |
real estate broker real estate agent estate agent land agent house agent | a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land, in England they call a real estate agent a land agent |
real property real estate realty immovable | property consisting of houses and land |
real gross national product real GNP | a version of the GNP that has been adjusted for the effects of inflation |
investment investment funds | money that is invested with an expectation of profit |
nondiscretionary trust fixed investment trust | an investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organized |
real | an old small silver Spanish coin |
real estate loan mortgage loan | a loan on real estate that is usually secured by a mortgage |
investment letter | a letter of intent saying that a letter security is being bought for investment and not for resale, avoids need for SEC registration |
real-time processing real-time operation | data processing fast enough to keep up with an outside process |
real | the basic unit of money in Brazil, equal to centavos |
real number real | any rational or irrational number |
return on invested capital return on investment ROI | (corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid |
real time | (computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur |
real time | the actual time that it takes a process to occur, information is updated in real time |
real tangible | capable of being treated as fact, tangible evidence, his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor |
substantial real material | having substance or capable of being treated as fact, not imaginary, the substantial world, a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical, most ponderous and substantial things- Shakespeare |
real existent | being or occurring in fact or actuality, having verified existence, not illusory, real objects, real people, not ghosts, a film based on real life, a real illness, real humility, Life is real! Life is earnest!- Longfellow |
real(a) | no less than what is stated, worthy of the name, the real reason, real war, a real friend, a real woman, meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal, it's time he had a real job, it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money |
real | of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation, real prices, real income, real wages |
veridical real | coinciding with reality, perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception- F.A.Olafson |
real | not to be taken lightly, statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems, to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real |
real | (of property) fixed or immovable, real property consists of land and buildings |
actual genuine literal real | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something, her actual motive, a literal solitude like a desert- G.K.Chesterton, a genuine dilemma |
real-time | of or relating to computer systems that update information at the same rate they receive information |
very really real rattling | used as intensifiers, `real' is sometimes used informally for `really', `rattling' is informal, she was very gifted, he played very well, a really enjoyable evening, I'm real sorry about it, a rattling good yarn |