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Definitions for Investment
[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.
[13] the act of investing money the amount invested an enterprise, asset, etc, in which money is or can be invested
[14] the act of investing effort, resources, etc the amount invested
[15] economics the amount by which the stock of capital (plant, machinery, materials, etc) in an enterprise or economy changes
[16] biology the outer layer or covering of an organ, part, or organism
[17] a less common word for investiture (def. 1)
[18] the act of investing or state of being invested, as with an official robe, a specific quality, etc
[19] rare the act of besieging with military forces, works, etc
Words related to Investment
purchase, financing, transaction, finance, grant, money, loan, stake, property, expenditure, asset, venture, contribution, expense, advance, plunge, hunch, bail, inside, backing
Words nearby Investment
investigative new drug, investigator, investing cartilage, investitive, investiture, investment, investment analyst, investment bank, investment bond, investment casting, investment company
Origin of Investment
1590–1600 for def 12 ; 1605–15 for def 1 ; invest + -ment
Other words from Investment
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
Synonyms for Investment
asset, contribution, expenditure, expense, finance, financing, grant, loan, money, property, purchase, stake, transaction, venture, advance, ante, backing, bail, endowment, flutter, hunch, inside, interests, investing, piece, plunge, spec, speculation, stab, smart money, vested interests