Business name word

Investment

The act of investing, or state of being invested.

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛstmənt/, /ɪnˈvɛsmənt/

What “Investment” means

Noun

  1. The act of investing, or state of being invested.
  2. A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
  3. A vestment.
  4. The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
  5. 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.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree English invest Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English investment From invest + -ment.

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