foreign capital; foreign investment
Refers to capital or investment from abroad, often used in business and economic contexts. Can refer to the capital itself or the act of investing.
The company expanded its business by bringing in foreign capital.
I am interested in working for a foreign-affiliated company.
In recent years, foreign capital has been flowing into the Japanese market.
The government introduced foreign capital to develop infrastructure.
外資 refers to the foreign capital itself, while 外資系 describes a company that is foreign-affiliated or foreign-owned.
外資 means foreign capital or investment funds, whereas 外貨 means foreign currency (cash/deposits), so the two are easily mixed up despite both starting with 外.
外資 refers to the foreign capital itself, whereas 外資系企業 refers to the actual company that uses such capital.
Compound of 外 (outside, foreign) and 資 (capital, resources).