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Definition of greenfield
(Entry 1 of 2)
: land (such as a potential industrial site) not previously developed or polluted
Greenfield
geographical name
Green·field
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Definition of Greenfield (Entry 2 of 2)
city in southeastern Wisconsin near Milwaukee population 36,720
Examples of greenfield in a Sentence
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Over the last decade, Chinese investors have spent more than $10 billion on greenfield projects in the United States. — Don Lee, latimes.com, "Casualty of trade war: Chinese investments in U.S. grind to a halt, blocking new jobs," 1 July 2019 Much attention is focused on large greenfield projects in developing nations, but China has built its network largely by acquiring control of up-and-running assets that play an essential role in developed economies. — Christopher R. O'dea, National Review, "How China Weaponized the Global Supply Chain," 20 June 2019 Excluding repatriations, foreign investment flows were slightly up on the previous year, boosted by a 19% rise in cross-border mergers and acquisitions and a 29% increase in announcements of new factories and other greenfield projects. — Paul Hannon, WSJ, "Overseas Investment Seen Rebounding as U.S. Firms Repatriate Less Profits," 21 Jan. 2019 The projects backed by Resilient Melbourne include a greenfield site for about 5,000 homes led by developer Mirvac. — Michael Taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, "Won't you be my neighbor: Melbourne experiments with community-led housing," 11 July 2018 Get our daily newsletter Consider cross-border investment by firms, which consists of takeovers and greenfield investments such as factories. — The Economist, "Canaries in the coal mine," 14 June 2018 The health fund also invests in greenfield and brownfield projects unlike standard private equity funds and so the timing of the deployment of capital is less predictable, Abraaj said. — Arif Sharif, Bloomberg.com, "What Led the Middle East's Top Dealmaker to Step Down," 2 Mar. 2018 That is a point often overlooked in national debate over issues such as tariffs, or by development authorities who traditionally focus on large, greenfield projects, say officials at the DeSales Community Development Corp. in St. Louis. — Howard Schneider, The Christian Science Monitor, "As US jobs market grows, cities look to support those left behind," 9 May 2018 Fraudsters look at mobile banking as a wide open greenfield of possibility, particularly as there are more mobile ways to move money. — Dan Weil, WSJ, "How Secure Is Mobile Banking?," 18 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'greenfield.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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