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investment

[ in-vest-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
  2. a particular instance or mode of investing.
  3. a thing invested in, as a business, a quantity of shares of stock, etc.
  4. something that is invested; sum invested.
  5. the act or fact of investing or state of being invested, as with a garment.
  6. a devoting, using, or giving of time, talent, emotional energy, etc., as for a purpose or to achieve something:

    His investment in the project included more time than he cared to remember.

  7. Biology. any covering, coating, outer layer, or integument, as of an animal or vegetable.
  8. the act of investing with a quality, attribute, etc.
  9. investiture with an office, dignity, or right.
  10. a siege or blockade; the surrounding of a place with military forces or works, as in besieging.
  11. Also called investment compound. Metallurgy. a refractory material applied in a plastic state to a pattern to make a mold.
  12. Archaic. a garment or vestment.


investment

/ ɪnˈvɛstmənt /

noun

    1. the act of investing money
    2. the amount invested
    3. an enterprise, asset, etc, in which money is or can be invested
    1. the act of investing effort, resources, etc
    2. the amount invested
  1. economics the amount by which the stock of capital (plant, machinery, materials, etc) in an enterprise or economy changes
  2. biology the outer layer or covering of an organ, part, or organism
  3. a less common word for investiture
  4. the act of investing or state of being invested, as with an official robe, a specific quality, etc
  5. rare.
    the act of besieging with military forces, works, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


investment

  1. The purchase of property with the expectation that its value will increase over time.


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Other Words From

  • non·re·in·vest·ment noun
  • o·ver·in·vest·ment noun
  • pre·in·vest·ment noun
  • pro·in·vest·ment adjective
  • re·in·vest·ment noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of investment1

First recorded in 1590–1600 investment fordef 12; 1605–15 investment fordef 1; invest + -ment
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Example Sentences

Known for its early bets on crypto and for investments such as Coinbase, Brex, and Credit Karma, the firm is looking to acquire a company in the fintech space.

From Fortune

“Right now I think advertisers are still skittish and don’t want to make long-term investments,” said Ron Blevins, vp of media at Marketing Architects, whose clients buy ads in the scatter market.

From Digiday

Large and early government investment “is a well-accepted approach to addressing public health crises,” he said.

From Fortune

You need to create some sort of streamlined methodology for people to be able to engage with, whether it’s investment or donation, there needs to be something.

From Fortune

That’s a result of the return on investment in our first-party data collection and ad tech, which has been a focus for two years.

From Digiday

Cuba, already corrupt, will have to avoid becoming even more so when American investment pours in.

“We make a vast investment in these casks,” says Stuart MacPherson, the aforementioned wood master.

All of that required an upfront investment from Nataly and me.

We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment.

Which is bad, because we all have an investment in making college affordable and accessible to everyone.

Contract with the Seaboard folks makes it look like it would pay eighteen, twenty per cent on the investment, maybe more.

I been a-lookin' after that investment f'r you—and f'r these other dum fools in town.

The battle was immediately followed by the investment of Boston by the American militia.

But we will call it $1,000, and let the rest go as interest on the investment represented by seeds and implements.

It was as though Monsieur Guillaume had looked to a good investment, even in the purchase of a candlestick.

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