Meaning

noun the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

noun money that is invested with an expectation of profit

noun the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéstis Proto-Italic *westis Latin vestis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin vestiō Latin investioder. Middle French investirbor. ▲ Latin investioder. Medieval Latin investirebor. English invest Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥…

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