Business GCSE
Investment
What Investment means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Investment
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Reference: AQA
A business decision such as whether to fund expansion through loans or retained profit, affected by interest rate changes.
Spending now on assets such as new machinery, buildings and vehicles to earn future returns rather than immediate resale.
Topics that use Investment
- Financial terms and calculations (AQA GCSE)
- The economic climate on businesses (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Average annual profit
- Average rate of return
- Average Rate of Return (ARR)
- Break-even
- Break-even chart
- Break-even level of output
- Break-even output
- Break-Even Point
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