Definitions for investment
ɪnˈvɛst məntin·vest·ment

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

1. investing, investmentnoun

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

2. investment, investment fundsnoun

   money that is invested with an expectation of profit

3. investmentnoun

   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. investmentnoun

   outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism

5. investmentnoun

   the act of putting on robes or vestments

6. investment, investiturenoun

   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. investmentnoun

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

2. investmentnoun

   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. Investmentnoun

   the act of investing, or the state of being invested

2. Investmentnoun

   that with which anyone is invested; a vestment

3. Investmentnoun

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

4. Investmentnoun

   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  

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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. Atlantic Equities analyst James Cordwell:

   For a growth company, investment should be applauded, but a lot of the additional expenditure is going into cloud where it is unclear whether there will ever be a return on that investment.

2. Gregg Alton:

   Gilead cannot cure hepatitis C globally on our backs alone. There have to be other players that come in and make that investment.

3. Barnaby Fletcher:

   Companies are put off by the political instability and the huge investment needed to build mines in a country with such poor infrastructure.

4. Li Keqiang:

   We welcome more and more foreign investment to come to China, we will also relax (restrictions on) access to even more fields to create a market-oriented, law-based internationalized business environment.

5. 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.

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