investment
Defined in 2 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914)
United States Code
22 U.S.C. § 2198 — as used in this subpart
the term “investment” includes any contribution or commitment of funds, commodities, services, patents, processes, or techniques, in the form of (1) a loan or loans to an approved project, (2) the purchase of a share of ownership in any such project, (3) participation in royalties, earnings, or profits of any such project, and (4) the furnishing of commodities or services pursuant to a lease or other contract;
30 U.S.C. § 1522 — in this section
the term “investment” means the expenditure of, and any irrevocable legal obligation to expend, funds (together with the reasonable interest costs thereof) for the purchase or construction of machinery, equipment, and facilities manufactured, or for services contracted to be furnished, for the development and utilization of a geothermal resource in the United States to provide energy in the form of heat for direct use or for generation of electricity;
50 U.S.C. § 3024 — under this section
The term "investment" includes any activity reviewed, investigated, assessed, or analyzed by the Director pursuant to section 7 or 10(g) of Executive Order 13913, or successor order.
50 U.S.C. § 4565 — in this section
The term "investment" means the acquisition of equity interest, including contingent equity interest, as further defined in regulations prescribed by the Committee.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A sum of money left for safekeeping, subject to order, and payable not in the specific money deposited, but in an equal sum; it may or may not bear interest, according to the agreement In re Law’s Estate, 144 Pa. 499, 22 Atl, 831, 14 L. R. A. 103; State v. Mc Fetridge, 84 Wls. 473, 54 N. W. 11, 998, 20 L. R. A. 223. As to investment of trust funds, see Tbus-