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Verb
/inˈvest/,
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invested, past tense; invested, past participle; investing, present participle; invests, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Expend money with the expectation of achieving a profit or material result by putting it into financial schemes, shares, or property, or by using it to develop a commercial venture
    • - getting workers to invest in private pension funds
    • - the company is to invest $12 million in its new manufacturing site
  2. Devote (one's time, effort, or energy) to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result
    • - politicians who have invested so much time in the Constitution would be crestfallen
  3. Buy (something) whose usefulness will repay the cost

  4. Provide or endow someone or something with (a particular quality or attribute)
    • - the passage of time has invested the words with an unintended humor
  5. Endow someone with (a rank or office)

  6. Establish a right or power in

  7. Clothe or cover with a garment
    • - he stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling
  8. Surround (a place) in order to besiege or blockade it
    • - Fort Pulaski was invested and captured
  1. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
  2. endow: give qualities or abilities to
  3. furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
  4. provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
  5. induct: place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"
  6. (investment) investing: the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
  7. An invest in meteorology (short for investigation or to investigate, alternatively written INVEST) is a designated area of disturbed weather that is being monitored for tropical cyclone development. ...
  8. Investment is the military tactic of surrounding an enemy fort (or town) with armed forces to prevent entry or escape.
  9. The INVEST mnemonic is frequently used as a reminder of the characteristics of a good quality user story in a Scrum backlog or XP project.
  10. Investment is the commitment of money or capital to purchase financial instruments or other assets in order to gain profitable returns in the form of interest, income {dividend}, or appreciation of the value of the instrument. It is related to saving or deferring consumption. ...
  11. An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system; To clothe or wrap (with garments); To envelop, wrap, cover; To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain; To spend money, time, or energy into something, especially for some ...
  12. (investment) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use; A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze
  13. (Invested) provided with something
  14. (Investing) The process of purchasing assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate, and mutual funds with the expectation of future income and/or capital gains (growth in value).
  15. (investing) Buying assets with the goal of making money.
  16. (Investing) A decision to forgo benefits today in an effort to increase future wealth or satisfaction over time. Investing is most often associated with purchasing stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate and other financial instruments or ventures. ...
  17. (Investing) In broad financial terms, it refers to the art and science of money making money. In market strategies terms, it refers to a buy-and-hold approach used by most people. See Trading
  18. (Investing) Stock market | Mutual funds | Bonds | Real estate | Rental properties | Starting a business | Insurances Tax advantaged investing
  19. (Investing) The exchanging of money for a financial instrument in the expectation of an income stream and/or a capital gain. Essentially identical to trading, except the emphasis will tend to be on a longer time frame and the income stream will tend to be the prime component of total return.
  20. (Investing) The resulting wax tree is dipped into an ‘investment powder’ to build up a ceramic shell.
  21. (Investing) We have experienced Financial Planners and Investment Specialists to assist you develop your financial plans using a variety of investment products.
  22. (Investing) putting money into an account which assumes some risk, for an extended period of time, to earn higher interest rates
  23. (investing) A buy-and-hold strategy that most people follow. If you are in and out frequently or you are willing to go both long and short, then you are trading.
  24. Investing is the process of setting money aside to increase wealth over time and accumulate funds for long-term financial goals, such as retirement.
  25. (investment) Money directed toward the purchase, improvement and development of an asset in expectation of income or profits.