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 |
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 |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FISA | an act passed by Congress in to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, intended to increase United States counterintelligence, separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance |
foreign policy | a policy governing international relations |
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 $ |
Foreign Office | the government department in charge of foreign relations |
French Foreign Office Quai d'Orsay | the French department in charge of foreign affairs, referred to familiarly by its address in Paris |
Foreign Service | the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world |
foreign country | any state of which one is not a citizen, working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to |
Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW | an organization of United States war veterans |
foreign legion | a military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state |
French Foreign Legion | a former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court F.I.S.C. | a secret federal court created in by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies |
Foreign Intelligence Service Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki SVR | Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information, collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime |
terrorist organization terrorist group foreign terrorist organization FTO | a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
legation foreign mission | a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister |
mission missionary post missionary station foreign mission | an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work |
foreign agent | a spy for a foreign country |
foreign correspondent | a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast |
foreign minister secretary of state | a government minister for foreign relations |
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 |
foreign aid | aid (such as economic or military assistance) provided to one nation by another |
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 |
foreign bill foreign draft | a bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another |
foreign exchange | the system by which one currency is exchanged for another, enables international transactions to take place |
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 |
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 |
foreign strange | relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world, foreign nations, a foreign accent, on business in a foreign city |
foreign-born nonnative | of persons born in another area or country than that lived in, our large nonnative population |
foreign | of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own), foreign trade, a foreign office |
alien foreign | not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something, an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism, the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper, jealousy is foreign to her nature |
extraneous foreign | not belonging to that in which it is contained, introduced from an outside source, water free of extraneous matter, foreign particles in milk |