foreign direct investment

English Thesaurus

1. a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company (noun.act)

hypernym	:	joint venture,
definition	:	a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise (noun.act)

2. investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	investing, investment,
definition	:	the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit (noun.act)