Money, property, intellectual property and reinvested profit — put in at risk, for profit.
The definition matters because the guarantees attach to it. An investment is material and non-material goods and rights to them — intellectual property rights included — and reinvestments, put in by an investor on terms of bearing risk, into objects of the social sphere, business, science and other activity, for the purpose of making a profit. Money and securities, movable and immovable property, and technical, technological and commercial knowledge held as documentation, skills or production experience are all named. (Investment Law, Art. 3 — lex.uz ↗)
The forms it can take are equally broad: creating a legal entity or taking a share in one, including by acquiring property, shares or participation interests; buying securities; concessions and production-sharing; acquiring ownership including intellectual property, trade marks, trade names, know-how and goodwill; and acquiring rights to land and other natural resources. Changing the form in which the money sits does not change its character as an investment. (Investment Law, Arts. 3, 6 — lex.uz ↗)
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