Money or resources put into something as a response or opposition to another investment or financial commitment.
From counter- + investment. Investment comes from Latin investire (to clothe or cover), originally referring to putting resources into ventures. The prefix adds the sense of opposing investment strategy.
When one company is worried a competitor might buy their rival, they make a counterinvestment by buying shares themselves—it's financial chess played with billions of dollars!
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