• IPA: /ɪnˈvɛstmənt/, /ɪnˈvɛsmənt/

investment

1. The act of investing, or state of being invested.
2. (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.

   Antonyms: divestment

   • An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.

3. (obsolete) A vestment.
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene i]:

     Whose white investments figure innocence.

4. (military) 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.

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.

• Portuguese: investimento
• Spanish: inversión

• French: investissement
• German: Investition
• Italian: investimento
• Portuguese: investimento, investimentos, aposta
• Russian: инвести́ция
• Spanish: inversión

• Spanish: cerco