investment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
    investing.
  2. noun money that is invested with an expectation of profit
    investment funds.
  3. noun the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result
    • this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking
    • he made an emotional investment in the work
  4. noun outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism
  5. noun the act of putting on robes or vestments
  6. noun the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
    investiture.

WordNet

In*vest"ment noun
Definitions
  1. The act of investing, or the state of being invested.
  2. That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
    Whose white investments figure innocence. Shak.
  3. (Mil.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
    The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments. Marshall.
  4. The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested.
    Before the investment could be made, a change of the market might render it ineligible. A. Hamilton.
    An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens. Hawthorne.

Webster 1913