investment

English Online Dictionary. What means investment‎? What does investment mean?

English

Etymology

From invest +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvɛstmənt/, /ɪnˈvɛsmənt/

Noun

investment (countable and uncountable, plural investments)

1. The act of investing, or state of being invested.

2. (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.

   Antonym: divestment
3. (obsolete) A vestment.
4. (military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
5. 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.

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References

• “investment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “investment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.