All invest synonyms
inΒ·vest
I i verb invest
- provide β to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- devote β If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.
- supply β to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- spend β to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- lend β to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
- adopt β If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
- install β to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- plunge β to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- loan β a country lane; secondary road.
- stake β something that is wagered in a game, race, or contest.
- back β If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- bankroll β To bankroll a person, organization, or project means to provide the financial resources that they need.
- sink β to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- infuse β to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into): The energetic new principal infused new life into the school.
- imbue β to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
- authorize β If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
- vest β a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- license β formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- bequeath β If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die.
- ordain β to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- initiate β to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- consecrate β When a building, place, or object is consecrated, it is officially declared to be holy. When a person is consecrated, they are officially declared to be a bishop.
- sanction β authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- inaugurate β to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power.
- honor β honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- induct β to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies: The committee inducted her as president.
- capitalise β to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- capitalize β If you capitalize on a situation, you use it to gain some advantage for yourself.
- participate β to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- finance β the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- endow β Give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution).
- endue β Endow or provide with a quality or ability.
- entrust β Assign the responsibility for doing something to (someone).
- empower β Give (someone) the authority or power to do something.
- authorise β to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- arm β Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end.
- licence β license.
- enable β Give (someone or something) the authority or means to do something.
- establish β Set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis.
- instal β to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
- lay out β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- enthrone β Install (a monarch) on a throne, especially during a ceremony to mark the beginning of their rule.
- salt away β a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- honour β to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- buy into β If you buy into a company or an organization, you buy part of it, often in order to gain some control of it.
- get into β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- go in for β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- pick up the tab β If you pick up the tab, you pay a bill on behalf of a group of people or provide the money that is needed for something.