### Question
What does investment mean?


### Answer
**Investment** has the following meaning in *30 U.S.C. § 1522*:

> the expenditure of, and any irrevocable legal obligation to expend, funds (together with the reasonable interest costs thereof) for the purchase or construction of machinery, equipment, and facilities manufactured, or for services contracted to be furnished, for the development and utilization of a geothermal resource in the United States to provide energy in the form of heat for direct use or for generation of electricity

#### Citation:
  - *30 U.S.C. § 1522*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 27-GEOTHERMAL ENERGY > SUBCHAPTER II-STUDY, ESTABLISHMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INSURANCE PROGRAM**

