investment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
finance
government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *wes-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *wéstis
Proto-Italic *westis
Latin vestis
Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.
Latin -iō
Latin vestiō
Latin investioder.
Middle French investirbor.
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Latin investioder.
Medieval Latin investirebor.
English invest
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English investment
From invest + -ment.
Inflected forms:
form: investments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of investing, or state of being invested.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Giving your children a good education is a wise long-term investment.
gloss: A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.
Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe.[…]The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
gloss: A vestment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: Whose white investments figure innocence.
gloss: The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the investment of the fort
In 1858, the Governor of Kuangsi applied for his services, but the Viceroy Tsêng Kuo-fan, under whom he had served for a number of years and who recognised his value, declined to part with him. In 1860 he assisted in the defeat of the rebel reinforcements at the Hsiao-ch‘ih post station and took part in the capture of Taihu, investment of An-ch‘ing and destruction of the rebel camp at Linghu. For his services in the capture of Anch‘ing he was rewarded with the title of Baturu and placed on the list of Brigade Generals. He was next sent to Chihchow in Anhui to make reconnaissances of the country and occupy the commanding situations.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: alternative investment
alternative investment fund
angel investment
capital investment
coinvestment
collective investment scheme
counterinvestment
emergy investment ratio
ethical investment
foreign direct investment
foreign investment
foreign portfolio investment
investment bank
investment banker
investment banking
investment casting
investment company
investment consultant
investment dressing
investment firm
investment fund
investment letter
investment strategy
malinvestment
misinvestment
noninvestment
overinvestment
private investment banker
reinvestment
return on investment
subinvestment
term investment
underinvestment
uninvestment
wasting investment
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