invest

  • 21invest — /ɪn vest/ verb 1. to put money into shares, bonds, a building society, etc., hoping that it will produce interest and increase in value ● He invested all his money in unit trusts. ● She was advised to invest in real estate or in gov ernment bonds …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 22invest — /ɪnˈvɛst / (say in vest) verb (t) 1. to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering profitable returns, especially interest or income. 2. to spend: to invest large sums in books. 3. to clothe. 4. to cover or adorn as an… …

  • 23invest — verb 1》 put money into financial schemes, shares, or property with the expectation of achieving a profit.     ↘devote (one s time or energy) to an undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result.     ↘(invest in) informal buy (a product)… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 24invest in — phr verb Invest in is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑investor Invest in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bond, ↑enterprise, ↑future, ↑property, ↑share, ↑stock, ↑technology, ↑trust …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 25invest — [16] The etymological notion underlying invest is of ‘putting on clothes’. It comes via Old French investir from Latin investīre, a compound verb formed from the prefix in and vestis ‘clothes’ (source of English vest, vestment, travesty, etc). It …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 26invest — in•vest [[t]ɪnˈvɛst[/t]] v. t. 1) bus to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns 2) to use (money), as in accumulating something: to invest large sums in books[/ex] 3) to use, give, or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27invest — I. transitive verb Etymology: Latin investire to clothe, surround, from in + vestis garment more at wear Date: circa 1534 1. [Medieval Latin investire, from Latin, to clothe] a. to array in the symbols of office or honor b. to furnish with power… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28invest — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, afford, allot, anoint, apparel, arm, array, attire, authorize, base, bedeck, bedrape, beleaguer, bequeath, beset, besiege, bless with, blockade, box, budget, build, build in, bundle up, buy in, buy into,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 29invest. — investieren EN to invest …

    Abkürzungen und Akronyme in der deutschsprachigen Presse Gebrauchtwagen

  • 30invest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. endue, endow, clothe, array; surround, hem in, besiege, beleaguer; install, induct; dress, adorn; confer; spend. See clothing, power, commission, attack, purchase. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. put money… …

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