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investment   (TTS Sound)

The noun investment has 6 senses

• investing, investment -- (the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit)


• investment, investment funds -- (money that is invested with an expectation of profit)


• investment -- (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")


• investment -- (outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism)


• investment -- (the act of putting on robes or vestments)


• investment, investiture -- (the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank)