| 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 |
| 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) |
| investment | outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism |
savings bank
coin bank
money box bank | a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home, the coin bank was empty |
| 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 |
| account | the quality of taking advantage, she turned her writing skills to good account |
| account | importance or value, a person of considerable account, he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance |
model
theoretical account
framework | a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process, the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems |
pension plan
pension account
retirement plan
retirement savings plan
retirement savings account
retirement account
retirement program | a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement |
individual retirement account
IRA | a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement, taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred |
| employee savings plan | a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer |
written record
written account | a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events |
history
account
chronicle
story | a record or narrative description of past events, a history of France, he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president, the story of exposure to lead |
| bill account invoice | an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered, he paid his bill and left, send me an account of what I owe |
| open account | an unpaid credit order |
| short account | the aggregate of short sales on an open market |
report
news report
story account write up | a short account of the news, the report of his speech, the story was on the o'clock news, the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious |
explanation
account | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc., the explanation was very simple, I expected a brief account |
| report account | the act of informing by verbal report, he heard reports that they were causing trouble, by all accounts they were a happy couple |
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 $ |
savings and loan
savings and loan association | a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages |
| savings bank | a thrift institution in the northeastern United States, since deregulation in the s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks |
mutual savings bank
MSB | a statehartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees |
federal savings bank
FSB | a federally chartered savings bank |
score
account | grounds, don't do it on my account, the paper was rejected on account of its length, he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful |
account executive
account representative
registered representative
customer's broker
customer's man | someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business |
goldbrick
goof-off
ne'er-do-well
good-for-nothing
no-account
good-for-naught | an idle worthless person |
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 |
investment
investment funds | money that is invested with an expectation of profit |
| savings bond | non-negotiable government bond, cannot be bought and sold once the original purchase is made |
| brokerage account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage, you can't get a brokerage account unless you have $, |
| cash account | an account with a securities brokerage whose transactions are settled on a cash basis |
| custodial account | a brokerage firm account that parents have created for a minor |
| margin account | an account with a securities brokerage in which the broker extends credit |
account accounting
account statement | a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance, they send me an accounting every month |
| capital account | (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date |
| capital account | (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities |
savings
nest egg | a fund of money put by as a reserve |
| bank account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals, he moved his bank account to a new bank |
| giro account | an account at a post office that can be used in similar ways to an account at a bank |
nondiscretionary trust
fixed investment trust | an investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organized |
savings account trust
savings bank trust
trust account
trustee account
Totten trust | a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime, afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary |