invest /in-vestˈ/

1. To clothe with insignia of office
2. To place in office or authority (with with or in)
3. To give rights, privileges or duties to
4. To lay out for profit, as by buying property, shares, etc
5. To put on (archaic)
6. To adorn, clothe, cover (archaic)
7. To surround, besiege (military)

To make a purchase (with in)

invesˈtable or invesˈtible adjective

invesˈtitive adjective

invesˈtiture noun

1. Investing
2. The ceremony of investing
3. In feudal and ecclesiastical history, the act of giving corporal possession of a manor, office, or benefice, accompanied by a certain ceremonial, such as the delivery of a branch, a banner, etc, to signify the authority which it is supposed to convey

investˈment noun

1. The act of investing
2. Investiture
3. Any placing of money to secure income or profit
4. That in which money is invested
5. A blockade (military)
6. (in pl) clothes (archaic)

invesˈtor noun

A person who invests, esp money

investment bank noun

A bank that arranges loans for corporations, handles mergers, manages pension funds, etc

investment bond noun

A single-premium life assurance policy in which a fixed sum is invested in a unit trust

investment club noun

A group of people who regularly pool savings to invest in the stock market

investment trust see under trust

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