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in·vest·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. investing, investmentnoun

    the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

Wikipedia

  1. investing

    Investment is the dedication of money to purchase of an asset to attain an increase in value over a period of time. Investment requires a sacrifice of some present asset, such as time, money, or effort. In finance, the purpose of investing is to generate a return from the invested asset. The return may consist of a gain (profit) or a loss realized from the sale of a property or an investment, unrealized capital appreciation (or depreciation), or investment income such as dividends, interest, or rental income, or a combination of capital gain and income. The return may also include currency gains or losses due to changes in the foreign currency exchange rates. Investors generally expect higher returns from riskier investments. When a low-risk investment is made, the return is also generally low. Similarly, high risk comes with a chance of high losses. Investors, particularly novices, are often advised to diversify their portfolio. Diversification has the statistical effect of reducing overall risk.

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  1. investing

    Investing refers to the process of allocating resources, usually money, into various financial ventures, businesses or assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate or mutual funds, with the expectation of achieving a profit or return over time. It often involves the purpose of wealth accumulation and future financial security. The process implies a certain amount of risk as it doesn’t guarantee profit.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Investing

    of Invest

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of investing in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of investing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of investing in a Sentence

  1. Antoine Porcheret:

    The whole sector ... could be at risk of having to make a choice between keeping a high dividend payout ratio or (spending on) investing, these stocks can go lower.

  2. Sean Kennedy:

    Restaurants are making a lot of capital investments to operate under these new government mandates, they're investing in new infrastructure.

  3. Quebec Transport Minister Jacques Daoust:

    If we had a new player joining us, we could imagine having seven board seats, the new partner and us would control the company. This is certainly a scenario that is being explored now, because we couldn’t imagine investing two-thirds of the funds and having a minority on the decision-making front.

  4. Angela Eagle:

    Call it what you like - co-investing, part-nationalization, temporary public stewardship, or sheltering the assets - it's clear that circumstances may require the government to do this. They should spare their ideological blushes and just get on with it.

  5. Richard Seewald:

    We think there are too many feature-driven cyber security companies that are going to be either folded into a larger acquirer or not move forward at all, that is exactly where we are not investing.

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