investment

English

/ɪnˈvɛstmənt/

noun
Definitions
  • The act of investing, or state of being invested.
  • (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
  • (obsolete) A vestment.
  • (military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
  • A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze.

Etymology

Suffix from English invest root from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (buy, sell, wet, eat, dress, moist, put on, clothe, moisture, graze, wear, damp, prick, stick, consume, pierce, feast, fat, be, happy, stab, be cheerful, sting).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wes-

Gloss

buy, sell, wet, eat, dress, moist, put on, clothe, moisture, graze, wear, damp, prick, stick, consume, pierce, feast, fat, be, happy, stab, be cheerful, sting

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

着

Emoji
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