INVESTMENT

An action taken today that has costs today but provides benefits in the future.

• Firm building plant today incurs costs today but earns revenue in the future

• College student incurs costs to attend school now for the sake of higher earnings in the future

• Government spends money today to build a dam to have a source of hydroelectric power in the future

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