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investing

investing

33 3.9
Putting money into a business or asset to try to make a profit
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈvɛstɪŋ/
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  • While not as exciting as speculation, and still less gambling, investing can be very, very profitable.
  • investing early
  • smart investing
  • social investing

What I'm very good at is investing in tollbooth employees.

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Examples

  • Investing is taking charge of your life.

  • The point of this blog is to show that investing doesn't have to be complicated.

    Blog text (4)
  • I tried stock investing a few years ago.

  • Your dreams are located in investing in yourself.

  • I think they know a little more about smart investing than you do.

  • What aspects of his approach to investing do you also practice?

  • The world of investing can be a jungle.

  • Today, most firms do some later stage and some earlier stage investing to have balance in their portfolio.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The benefits of saving and investing are not intuitively obvious to many Americans.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Investing in real estate can provide a steady stream of income over time.

Synonyms

investment
vsinvesting
3.2

Putting money, time, or effort into something to get a future benefit

focuses specifically on committing money or capital to earn profit

Antonyms

42 3.7

Taking money out of a bank account or investment

to divest
  • Specialized
10 7.5

Sell off an asset or part of a business

How Risky

gambling
356 2.9
to speculate
  • Specialized
10 7.0
investing
33 3.9
saving
3.7

Surface Forms

investing singular
investings plural

Morphology

investing = invest (transparent) = invest + ing

A standard gerund/nominalization from the verb 'invest'; B1 learners who know 'invest' will readily infer the noun 'investing'.

Etymology

Investing comes from Latin parts in- 'in' and vestire 'to clothe', and it is related to the simple English word vest (a piece of clothing). Think of investing as 'putting clothes on' an idea or business: you put money 'into' it to give it strength or value, hoping it will grow.