investment
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7.9
- noun
- /ɪnˈvɛstmənt/
- Archaic
:
investidura
- The university's president participated in the investment ceremony for the new scholars.
- parental investment
- foreign investment
Examples
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Well, I don't know much, milady, but apparently he was counting on Sir William for an investment, and had guaranteed his interest, whatever that means.
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Peer training can be time-consuming; however, tutor training is a necessary investment to ensure quality tutor effectiveness.
Academic text (1998) -
Why are you offering me this admirable investment?
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Anything less than 80% is not considered a worthwhile investment on the part of the state.
Academic text (2012) -
Companies are particularly concerned with the lack of consistent and fair application of the Law on Foreign Investment, which outlines specific protections for foreign investors.
Academic text (2016) -
Donald Mackenzie will chair the group board meetings and continue as chairman of the Investment and Portfolio Committees.
Blog text (28) -
McMahon's point, which is well supported in the literature, is that such an investment characterizes several conservation opportunities.
Academic text (1991) -
During the investment service, the bishop officially clothed the new priests with their vestments.
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The investment of the new dean was marked by a formal ceremony attended by faculty and students.
Synonyms
15
7.0
A ceremony that makes someone a priest, minister, or religious leader
11
4.1
A ceremony that puts someone into an official job
1
9.1
A formal ceremony that gives someone an official position, rank or honor with symbols like a badge
An official religious ceremony that makes someone a priest or minister
Compounds
37
5.8
A person who helps companies get money and gives advice on big company deals
- Specialized
19
3.4
A company that manages people's money by buying stocks and bonds for them
- Specialized
15
3.5
How much money you gain from putting money into something, shown as a percent
- Texting
7
3.6
A person who gives advice about where to put money to make it grow for a fee
- Specialized
6
3.0
A business that collects money from many people and buys shares or bonds for them
- Specialized
6
3.4
A pool of money many people manage together to buy stocks and bonds to make money
- Specialized
2
4.6
Money from a company or person in one country used to buy and control a business in another country
- Specialized
2
3.9
A company that owns buildings or land that make money and sells shares to investors
- Specialized
A company that issues a fixed number of shares which are traded on a stock market
- Specialized
A fund that keeps the same stocks or bonds selected at the start
- Neologism
An online service that uses a computer to tell you where to put money with little human help
- Specialized
A company that sells and buys back shares any time at a price based on its assets
- Specialized
A company that pools money to buy a set of stocks and bonds, with shares investors can sell back
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Investment comes from the Latin word vestire, which means 'to clothe', and is the same root as the English word vest. In old ceremonies a person was dressed in special robes to show a new office or rank, so investment came to mean the act of formally giving that role.