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Definition of Investment

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

2. Noun. Money that is invested with an expectation of profit.

3. Noun. The commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result. "He made an emotional investment in the work"

4. Noun. Outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism.

5. Noun. The act of putting on robes or vestments.

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

Definition of Investment

1. n. The act of investing, or the state of being invested.

Definition of Investment

1. Noun. A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use. ¹

2. 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Investment

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Medical Definition of Investment

1. 1. In dentistry, any material used in investing. 2. In psychoanalysis, the psychic charge or cathexis invested in an object. Refractory investment, an investment material which can withstand the high temperatures used in soldering or casting. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Investment

investigative investigative techniques investigator investigators investigatory investigatory reflex investigatrix investing investing cartilage investing fascia

investing layer of deep cervical fascia investing tissues investiture investitures investive investment (current term) investment adviser investment advisor investment bank investment banker

investment banks investment cast investment company investment firm investment funds investment letter investment tax credit investment trust investments investor

Literary usage of Investment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"investment w 19:14-15 Je 2 '17 Corn products refining LV Upmann. investment W 19:$-10 Ар 7 ... investment W 19:21-2 Ap 21 47 Mow to judge preferred stocks. ..."

2. The Financial Policy of Corporations by Arthur Stone Dewing (1920)
"CHAPTER II THE BANKER'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROMOTION The position of the investment banker, ; Contrast between investment banker and institutional banker, ..."

3. OECD Economic Surveys: Slovak Republic by OECD Staff (2005)
"Foreign direct investment incentives Financial incentives have been granted since 2001 to large-size foreign direct investment projects in Slovakia. ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1861)
"Our increasing population, capital, and trade would probably make it practicable to continue this annual investment for twenty years, say till 1881, ..."

5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"only rhv and Opportunities for Conservative investment on the Pacific Coast ... Buyers of high-grade investment bonds are in the nature of the case people ..."

6. OECD Environmental Performance Reviews by OECD., Lorents G. (FRW) Lorentsen, OECD Staff (2004)
"4.3 Local investment programmes ln the local investment programmes, the government gave municipalities some SEK ti.2 billion over 1998-2004 to speed the ..."

7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"The dividends heretofore declared amount to much more than a reasonable return on the investment. They amount to from 40 to 50 per cent on the amount of ..."

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