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INVESTMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
Synonyms:
investiture; investment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("investment" is a kind of...):
promotion (act of raising in rank or position)
Derivation:
invest (furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of putting on robes or vestments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("investment" is a kind of...):
dressing; grooming (the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
Synonyms:
investing; investment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("investment" is a kind of...):
finance (the commercial activity of providing funds and capital)
Domain member category:
bull (try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying)
buy into (buy stocks or shares of a company)
pyramid (enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts)
subscribe (offer to buy, as of stocks and shares)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "investment"):
arbitrage (a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price)
foreign direct investment (investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business))
leverage; leveraging (investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses))
Derivation:
invest (make an investment)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("investment" is a kind of...):
cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "investment"):
pellicle (thin protective membrane in some protozoa)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result
Example:
he made an emotional investment in the work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("investment" is a kind of...):
commitment; committedness (the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Money that is invested with an expectation of profit
Synonyms:
investment; investment funds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("investment" is a kind of...):
assets (anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company)
Domain member category:
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "investment"):
speculation; venture (an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits)
Derivation:
invest (make an investment)
Context examples:
A business organization with one or more general partners, who manage the business and assume legal debts and obligations, and one or more limited partners, who are liable only to the extent of their investments.
(Limited Partnership, NCI Thesaurus)
You might also look at your investments to see how your stocks and bonds are performing and make any adjustments that you feel are necessary.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I view it, steadily, as an investment.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
To determine its exact meaning I have been obliged to work out the present prices of the investments with which it is concerned.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He decided on the investment, and, after he had cashed the checks at the bank down in Oakland, he bought ten dollars' worth of postage stamps.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
You might also look at your investments to see how your stocks and bonds are performing and to make any adjustments that you feel are necessary.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Then, Betsey had to look about her, for a new investment.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It is, of course, well known to you that in a successful banking business as much depends upon our being able to find remunerative investments for our funds as upon our increasing our connection and the number of our depositors.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Saturn will urge you to save and make term investments to increase your security, such as to buy a house.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
“For the bill that is to be a certain investment?” I inquired.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
