equity investment
Definition
Money that is invested in a firm by its owner(s) or holder(s) of common stock (ordinary shares) but which is not returned in the normal course of the business. Investors recover it only when they sell their shareholdings to other investors, or when the assets of the firm are liquidated and proceeds distributed among them after satisfying the firm's obligations.
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equity investment is in the Accounting & Auditing, Banking, Commerce & Finance and Investing subjects.
equity investment appears in the definition of the following term: equity contribution
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