net investment

noun [C] FINANCE

Definition

› the amount of money that a company spends on buildings, equipment, etc. after subtracting depreciation (= reduction in value over a period of time): Latest figures show that net investment is now a quarter of its level of 10 years ago.

(Definition of net investment noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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