French word

surinvestissement

Pronunciation

IPA/syʁɛ̃vɛstisəmɑ̃/

Meaning

  • masculine nounoverinvestment

Example

Le surinvestissement peut provoquer une bulle financière.

Overinvestment can cause a financial bubble.

Illustration for surinvestissement (overinvestment)

More examples

Quand on rénove, il faut éviter le surinvestissement.

When renovating, you have to avoid overinvestment.

Core concept

A project with piles of unused capital and equipment, like a facility built far beyond the demand it can serve.

Common phrases

  • éviter le surinvestissement

    avoid overinvestment

  • ne pas tomber dans le surinvestissement

    not fall into overinvestment

  • parler du surinvestissement

    talk about overinvestment

Similar words

investissement: Putting money into something in anticipation of future profits.
excès: An amount or degree that exceeds what is necessary.

Definition in French

Le surinvestissement est un investissement de capitaux supérieur aux besoins réels d'un secteur ou d'un projet, entraînant une capacité excédentaire.

Word origin

French surinvestissement combines sur- ('over' or 'excessive') with investissement, the noun from investir, which descends from Latin investire.

Usage tips

  • Surinvestissement is masculine, so standard usage has un surinvestissement and ce surinvestissement.

Opposites

  • sous-investissementunderinvestmentnoun

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