investment
pronunciation
How to pronounce investment in British English:
UK [ɪnˈvestmənt]
How to pronounce investment in American English:
US [ɪnˈvestmənt]
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- Noun:
- the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
- money that is invested with an expectation of profit
- outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism
- the act of putting on robes or vestments
- the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
Word Origin
- investment (n.)
- 1590s, "act of putting on vestments" (a sense now found in investiture); later "act of being invested with an office, right, endowment, etc." (1640s); and "surrounding and besieging of a military target" (1811); see invest + -ment. Commercial sense is from 1610s, originally of the finances of the East India Company; general use is from 1740 in the sense of "conversion of money to property in hopes of profit," and by 1837 in the sense "amount of money so invested; property viewed as a vehicle for profit." For evolution of commercial senses, see invest.
Example
- 1. Trade and investment will be hurt .
- 2. It represents investment both in hours and in money .
- 3. By 2000 investment had fallen to $ 2.5 billion .
- 4. But more investment is needed .
- 5. Investment decisions are big decisions .