investment
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investment
- /ɪnˈvɛstmənt/
- /ɪnˈvɛsmənt/
noun investments
- The act of investing, or state of being invested. Giving your children a good education is a wise long-term investment.
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A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.
Opposite: divestment
- A vestment. Whose white investments figure innocence.
- The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. the investment of the fort
- 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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Closest in meaning: investing, investment funds, asset, financing, investor, invest, financial, finance, money, fund, funding, capital, trade, business, spending, expenditure
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noun act of investing
| Español | inversión |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 投入 tóurù, 投資 /投资 tóuzī |
| हिन्दी | निवेश niveś, विनिधान vinidhān |
| Português | investimento |
| Русский | инвести́рование investírovanije |
noun placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use
| Español | inversión, insumo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 투자 tuja |
| 日本語 | 投資 tōshi |
| 中文 | 投資 /投资 tóuzī |
| हिन्दी | निवेश niveś, विनिधान vinidhān |
| Kiswahili | uwekezaji |
| Português | investimento, investimentos, aposta |
| Français | investissement, placement |
| Deutsch | Investition, Anlage |
| Italiano | investimento |
| Ελληνικά | επένδυση epéndysi |
| Română | investiție |
| Русский | инвести́ция investícija, вклад vklad, вложе́ние vložénije, капиталовложе́ние kapitalovložénije |
| Tiếng Việt | sự đầu tư |
| العربية | اِسْتِثْمَار istiṯmār |
| עברית | הַשְׁקָעָה hashka'á |
noun mixture of silica sand and plaster
| 中文 | 熔模 róngmó |
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Talk about this word "investment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/investment. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. investment. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/investment "investment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/investment.Cite this
@misc{investment_2026,
title = {investment},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/investment},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
