Investment: the term and concept
Attracting investment in the real sector of the economy is currently an urgent task for any state. To solve this problem in our country, it is necessary, among other things, to develop transparent investment legislation, including unambiguously defining the concept of investment. The article examines the nature and distinctive features of the term as a special unit of language, as well as the relationship between the term and the concept. Objective: to identify the relationship between the term and the concept of relative in three areas: in General, in linguistics, in law, and directly in relation to investment. To achieve this goal, scientific approaches to this problem are analyzed by linguists and it is concluded that in modern research, the term is understood as a word or phrase denoting the concept of a special field of knowledge or activity. Attention is drawn to the existence of different opinions about the relationship between a legal term and a legal concept, and it is also noted that despite some peculiarities, the General knowledge about terms and concepts obtained and formulated by linguists fully applies to legal concepts and terms. Analyzing the concept of investment, as well as the use of the term investment in current laws and scientific reports, the author concludes that to date, neither regulatory documents nor the scientific community has developed a unified approach to the concept of investment. In conclusion, as one of the directions for understanding investment, we offer a more detailed consideration of investment at the time of its origin and formation, during the English industrial revolution.