investment
3
9.3
- noun
- /ɪnˈvɛstmənt/
- Specialized
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túnica
- Like most expats and Nicaraguans I spoke to, Pellas sees tourism and the foreign investment it brings as the potential salvation of a country that is the second poorest in the Western Hemisphere.
- investment casting
Examples
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The gardener spent hours on end to ensure the proper investment of effort would lead to a bountiful harvest.
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A large per capita parental investment in offspring
Academic text (2008) -
Thus, the application of this motif to specific areas of the body suggests an investment of some kind of spiritual power.
Academic text (1991) -
The surgeon explained that a successful operation requires careful investment of time and resources in preparation and recovery.
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Before presenting her findings, she made an investment in educating her audience about the subject matter.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The outer layer covering the body of a person or animal
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2.0
A thin sheet of material that covers a surface
1
9.9
An outer protective covering like skin or a shell that protects a living thing
1
9.9
A thin layer of body tissue that covers an organ or blood vessel
The outer layer of an organ or body part that gives support
A thin sheet of cells that covers and joins parts of plants and animals
Compounds
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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 Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
investment = invest (opaque) = invest + ment
Though formed from 'invest' + '-ment', the biomedical sense 'outer covering' is technical and not transparently inferred by learners who know only common senses.
Etymology
Investment comes from the Latin vestire, 'to clothe', and shares its root with the English vest. Just as clothes cover and protect the body, an investment in biology is a layer that covers and protects an organ.