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 |
object-oriented programming object-oriented programing | creating a program that can use and support objects |
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 |
driven well tube well | a well made by driving a tube into the earth to a stratum that bears water |
gear gear wheel geared wheel cogwheel | a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion |
job-oriented terminal | a terminal designed for a particular application |
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 |
object-oriented database management system | a database management system designed to manage an object-oriented database |
object-oriented database | a database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition |
application-oriented language problem-oriented language | a language whose statements resemble terminology of the user |
computer language computer-oriented language machine language machine-oriented language | a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers |
object-oriented programming language object-oriented programing language | (computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure, C is an object-oriented programming language that is an extension of C |
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 $ |
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 |
nondiscretionary trust fixed investment trust | an investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organized |
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 |
compulsive determined driven | strongly motivated to succeed |
automated machine-controlled machine-driven | operated by automation, an automated stoker |
geared | equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged |
back-geared double-geared | (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley, a back-geared lathe |
double-geared | equipped with compound gearing consisting of pinions and wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage, the double-geared lifting mechanism of a crane |
driven impelled | urged or forced to action through moral pressure, felt impelled to take a stand against the issue |
oriented orientated | adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances, sometimes used in combination, the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view, helping freshmen become oriented to college life, the book is value-oriented throughout |
power-driven | powered by a motor, a power-driven hand tool |
driven goaded | compelled forcibly by an outside agency, mobs goaded by blind hatred |