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…
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Foreign direct investment
a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company
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benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the myst…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable bala…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable bala…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.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…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘less famous’ is the comparati…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘less famous’ is the comparati…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent; "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another
Used in the same subject area: Economics, International economics.
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A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: joint, venture, foreign, company, united.low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock pois…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: joint, venture, foreign, company, united.A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of cli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: joint, venture, foreign, company, united.(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different lo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: joint, venture, foreign, company, united.the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: joint, venture, foreign, company, united.the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: joint, venture, foreign, company, united.An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Compan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: joint, venture, foreign, company, united.Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an inde…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: joint, venture, foreign, company, united.the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: joint, venture, foreign, company, united.a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate pe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: joint, venture, foreign, company, united.A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: joint, venture, foreign, company, united.the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and…
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