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Definition of Investments
1. investment [n] - See also: investment
Medical Definition of Investments
1. Use for articles on the investing of funds for income or profit. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Investments
Literary usage of Investments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1910)
"The investments are classified as follows: (A) Free investments. ... The following
named corporations have not reported any investments: G 2. ..."
2. Handbook of the Law of Trusts by George Gleason Bogert (1921)
"Investments 101. In making investments the trustee is bound to use the highest
degree of ... The settlor may direct the trustee concerning his investments. ..."
3. Accounting Practice and Procedure by Arthur Lowes Dickinson (1913)
"In the majority of cases, however, it has been customary up to the present time
to treat such holdings as ordinary investments, and when they are small in ..."
4. A Trustee's Handbook by Augustus Peabody Loring (1907)
"to exercise the same control I now have," with other marks of confidence, gives
authority to choose illegal investments in those jurisdictions where the ..."
5. Auditing Theory and Practice by Robert Hiester Montgomery (1912)
"A difficulty which will frequently be encountered is that of ascertaining the
real value of the investments. Nominal stock exchange quotations for ..."
6. The Financial Organization of Society by Harold Glenn Moulton (1921)
"Its success depends entirely upon the free skill and judgment of the men who
manage its investments. A certain measure of supervision and requirement of ..."
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