beleggen

Dutch (Brabantic)

/bəˈlɛɣə(n)/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to cover, smear, butter, spread over (e.g. a piece of bread with butter and jam)
  • (transitive) to invest money
  • (transitive) to convoke, to call a meeting
  • (transitive) to belay, to fasten (a rope), to fasten (with rope)
  • (transitive) to cover with
  • (transitive) to plan, to devise

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch beleggen prefix from Dutch, Flemish leggen (lay).

Origin

Dutch (Brabantic)

leggen

Gloss

lay

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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