Definitions for investment
ɪnˈvɛst məntin·vest·ment

Princeton's WordNet(3.57 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. investing, investment(noun)

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

2. investment, investment funds(noun)

   money that is invested with an expectation of profit

3. investment(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"

4. investment(noun)

   outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism

5. investment(noun)

   the act of putting on robes or vestments

6. investment, investiture(noun)

   the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. investment(Noun)

   A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use.

2. investment(Noun)

   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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Investment(noun)

   the act of investing, or the state of being invested

2. Investment(noun)

   that with which anyone is invested; a vestment

3. Investment(noun)

   the act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded

4. Investment(noun)

   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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Investment

   Investment has different meanings in finance and economics. In economics, investment is related to saving and deferring consumption. Investment is involved in many areas of the economy, such as business management and finance whether for households, firms, or governments. In finance, investment is putting money into something with the expectation of gain, usually over a longer term. This may or may not be backed by research and analysis. Most or all forms of investment involve some form of risk, such as investment in equities, property, and even fixed interest securities which are subject, inter alia, to inflation risk. In contrast putting money into something with a hope of short-term gain, with or without thorough analysis, is gambling or speculation. This category would include most forms of derivatives, which incorporate a risk element without being long-term homes for money, and betting on horses. It would also include purchase of e.g. a company share in the hope of a short-term gain without any intention of holding it for the long term. Under the efficient market hypothesis, all investments with equal risk should have the same expected rate of return: that is to say there is a trade-off between risk and expected return. But that does not prevent one from investing in risky assets over the long term in the hope of benefiting from this trade-off. The common usage of investment to describe speculation has had an effect in real life as well: it reduced investor capacity to discern investment from speculation, reduced investor awareness of risk associated with speculation, increased capital available to speculation, and decreased capital available to investment.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. investment

   The first process of a siege, in taking measures to seize all the avenues, blocking up the garrison, and preventing relief getting into the place before the arrival of the main army with the siege-train.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. investment

   To provide effort, energy or time.

   Their investment of time and effort was rewarded with a fun, calm wedding day.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 4, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'investment' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #902

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'investment' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1314

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'investment' in Nouns Frequency: #356

How to pronounce investment?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of investment in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of investment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of investment in a Sentence

1. John Martin:

   A kilogram of fentanyl wholesale is about $3,500 to $5,000. The pill press, let's say you buy it for about $1,000 and the die for $100, that's not a huge investment. You get the binding material ... on the dark net, and you can start making these pills, so there's huge profit to be made on these counterfeit pills.

2. Victor Gobitz:

   This year we want to be more rigorous and critical before venturing into an investment...with disciplined control of capital expenditure.

3. Frank Kendall:

   Dollar for dollar it probably gives us more combat capability than any other investment that we're making, but we've got a lot of other things that we need to do as well, it's not entirely fenced.

4. Li Keqiang:

   In addition to the 40 billion yuan ($6.38 billion) government fund already in place for investment in China's emerging industries, more funds need to be raised for promoting business development and innovation.

5. British Prime Minister David Cameron:

   It’s going to be a very important moment for British-Chinese relations, which are in a very good state, something of a golden era in our relationship, the change we will see is obviously the investment into our infrastructure, Chinese companies employing people and creating jobs. But I think it's also a big win for China as well, having access to a country that is a leading member of the EU and has so many other contacts and roles in the world.

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