ALL meanings of investment
in·vest·ment
I i - noun investment the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value. 1
- noun investment a particular instance or mode of investing. 1
- noun investment a thing invested in, as a business, a quantity of shares of stock, etc. 1
- noun investment something that is invested; sum invested. 1
- noun investment the act or fact of investing or state of being invested, as with a garment. 1
- noun investment a devoting, using, or giving of time, talent, emotional energy, etc., as for a purpose or to achieve something: His investment in the project included more time than he cared to remember. 1
- noun investment Biology. any covering, coating, outer layer, or integument, as of an animal or vegetable. 1
- noun investment the act of investing with a quality, attribute, etc. 1
- noun investment investiture with an office, dignity, or right. 1
- noun investment a siege or blockade; the surrounding of a place with military forces or works, as in besieging. 1
- noun investment Also called investment compound. Metallurgy. a refractory material applied in a plastic state to a pattern to make a mold. 1
- noun investment Archaic. a garment or vestment. 1
- noun investment devoting money 1
- noun investment devoting time, energy 1
- noun investment money devoted 1
- noun investment time, energy devoted 1
- noun investment getting authority 1
- noun investment The action or process of investing money for profit or material result. 1
- uncountable noun investment Investment is the activity of investing money. 0
- variable noun investment An investment is an amount of money that you invest, or the thing that you invest it in. 0
- countable noun investment If you describe something you buy as an investment, you mean that it will be useful, especially because it will help you to do a task more cheaply or efficiently. 0
- uncountable noun investment Investment of time or effort is the spending of time or effort on something in order to make it a success. 0
- noun investment the act of investing money 0
- noun investment the amount invested 0
- noun investment an enterprise, asset, etc, in which money is or can be invested 0
- noun investment the act of investing effort, resources, etc 0
- noun investment the amount by which the stock of capital (plant, machinery, materials, etc) in an enterprise or economy changes 0
- noun investment the outer layer or covering of an organ, part, or organism 0
- noun investment the act of investing or state of being invested, as with an official robe, a specific quality, etc 0
- noun investment the act of besieging with military forces, works, etc 0
- noun investment an investing or being invested 0
- noun investment an outer covering 0
- noun investment investiture (sense 1) 0
- noun investment the investing of money 0
- noun investment anything in which money is or may be invested 0
- noun investment Investment is the activity of investing money. An investment is an amount of money that you invest, or the thing that you invest it in. 0
- noun investment An investment is an amount of money that you invest, or the thing that you invest it in. 0
- noun investment The act of investing, or state of being invested. 0
- noun investment (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation. 0
- noun investment That with which anyone is invested; a vestment. 0
- noun investment (military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. 0
- noun investment 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. 0