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say it: in-VEST-muhnt
investment is a noun meaning "the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit". It carries 6 recorded senses.
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
the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result
“this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking”
“he made an emotional investment in the work”
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
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for investment come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.