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.
invested
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past participleof invest.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof invest.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
investverb (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.
Example Sentences
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Bank of America executives said the bank has been working with regulators for a number of quarters and invested billions of dollars to combat financial crime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
"If they cannot invest in Heathrow... then that money will be invested somewhere else in the world," Woldbye said.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
When the VC firm first invested in Ionate, it made products intended primarily for utilities, but Antares saw a use case for data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
For every dollar invested in protecting or restoring nature, about $30 still goes into activities that degrade it, according to UN figures.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
He was a man of business, and I suspected he would not like losing the ten pounds sterling he had invested in me.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
