investment credit

investment credit definition - finance
A tax credit that is given to a company for making a certain type of investment. The investment may be in building a new plant, purchasing certain equipment, or undertaking other investments that the government wants to encourage.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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