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. 1. the act of investing money
   2. the amount invested
   3. an enterprise, asset, etc, in which money is or can be invested
2. 1. the act of investing effort, resources, etc
   2. the amount invested
3. economics the amount by which the stock of capital (plant, machinery, materials, etc) in an enterprise or economy changes
4. biology the outer layer or covering of an organ, part, or organism
5. a less common word for investiture
6. the act of investing or state of being invested, as with an official robe, a specific quality, etc
7. rare.
   the act of besieging with military forces, works, etc

investment

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of investment¹

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

Example Sentences

Bessent, a native of South Carolina, graduated from Yale University and started his career at the Brown Brothers Harriman, one of the oldest investment firms in the US.

From BBC

"Such intensive investments in the landscape may have led ultimately to the development of the complex society characteristic of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, which subsequently occurred in this area by around 1200 BCE."

From Science Daily

As the implications dawn on many such families, there are warnings of lower investment, lower employment, lower growth and the potential takeover of a vital part of the economy by big, and often foreign, corporates.

From BBC

“This is about investments, about money - it’s people’s jobs, it’s new technologies. The conversations are different.”

From BBC

"Without that guaranteed level of capital investment, the building does not have a long-term future," a statement said.

From BBC

Related Words

• asset
• contribution
• expenditure
• expense
• finance
• financing
• grant
• loan
• money
• property
• purchase
• stake
• transaction
• venture