Investment
[ɪn'ves(t)m(ə)nt] or [ɪn'vɛstmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank.
(noun.) the act of putting on robes or vestments.
(noun.) outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism.
(noun.) the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result; 'this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking'; 'he made an emotional investment in the work'.
(noun.) money that is invested with an expectation of profit.
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Definition
(n.) The act of investing, or the state of being invested.
(n.) That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
(n.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
(n.) The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested.
Checker: Marie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Investing.[2]. Vestment, dress, robe, garments, habiliments, clothes.[3]. Money invested.[4]. (Mil.) Siege.
Typist: Margery
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See INVESTITURE]
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Examples
- The investment had not been relinquished for a moment during the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is a singular fact that electricity also so far exceeds the normal rate as to double in value and quantity of output and investment every five years. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Thus they not only had a greater investment than necessary in the truck itself, but were paying an exclusive charge in the way of operating costs and depreciation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- That afternoon and the next day were spent in taking up ground to make the investment as complete as possible. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Ah, well, there must be plenty of capital on the look-out for such an investment. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- What you want is a good investment and a quick return. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- When he believed this investment completed, he summoned the garrison to surrender. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The money investment represented in capital stock and bonds was $11,216,886,452. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Again the shrewd comment: Generally poorest district for light, best for power, thus evening up whole city--the effect of this on investment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Do you think I am a Jew-usurer, seeking good investment in land? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The conditions for battle were much more favorable to us than they had been for the first two days of the investment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I have never been a very rich man, Mr. Holmes--never made but one investment in my life, as Dr. Trevelyan would tell you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He realized, however, that the enormous investment for copper would militate against the commercial adoption of electric lighting on an extended scale. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These plants represent an approximate investment of $500,000,000, and the connection of not less than 25,000,000 incandescent lamps or their equivalent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Then, Betsey had to look about her, for a new investment. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I didn't know you were speaking of investments. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- They lacked confidence or did not care to increase their investments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To determine its exact meaning I have been obliged to work out the present prices of the investments with which it is concerned. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Investments,' said Pancks. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Investments is the word. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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