invest
verb (used with object)
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
had invested
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past perfectof invest.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A spokeswoman for the bank said in a statement it had already been working with regulators for years and had invested billions of dollars to comply with anti-money-laundering rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Investors have been tracking the unlock schedule for SpaceX shareholders who had invested in the company ahead of the IPO.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Those who had invested in funds managed by Tera had earned record profits over 90 billion lira, he told Sabah newspaper.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
A spokesperson for Roblox said it had "invested heavily" in its safeguards for children which include mandatory age checks.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
He lost $2,300 owed to him for three years of service, along with all the money he had invested in Confederate bonds at the beginning of the war.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
