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I can't think of any more important issue. If we get this right, we'll not only preserve our landscape for future generations we'll be able to generate I think more investment and more job opportunities in the inland and we sure as hell need those jobs.
John Anderson

Meaning of "investment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INVESTMENT

investment  [ɪnˈvɛstmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INVESTMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Investment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INVESTMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Investment

Investment is time, energy, or matter spent in the hope of future benefits actualized within a specified date or time frame. Investment has different meanings in economics and finance. In economics, investment is the accumulation of newly produced physical entities, such as factories, machinery, houses, and goods inventories. In finance, investment is putting money into an asset with the expectation of capital appreciation, dividends, and/or interest earnings. This may or may not be backed by research and analysis. Most or all forms of investment involve some form of risk, such as investment in equities, property, and even fixed interest securities which are subject, among other things, to inflation risk. It is indispensable for project investors to identify and manage the risks related to the investment.

Definition of investment in the English dictionary

The first definition of investment in the dictionary is the act of investing money. Other definition of investment is the amount invested. Investment is also an enterprise, asset, etc, in which money is or can be invested.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INVESTMENT


adjustment
əˈdʒʌstmənt
agistment
əˈdʒɪstmənt
arrestment
əˈrɛstmənt
blastment
ˈblɑːstmənt
disafforestment
ˌdɪsəˈfɒrɪstmənt
disinvestment
ˌdɪsɪnˈvɛstmənt
dismastment
dɪsˈmɑːstmənt
divestment
daɪˈvɛstmənt
encrustment
ɪnˈkrʌstmənt
encystment
ɛnˈsɪstmənt
enlistment
ɪnˈlɪstmənt
entrustment
ɪnˈtrʌstmənt
maladjustment
ˌmæləˈdʒʌstmənt
overadjustment
ˌəʊvərəˈdʒʌstmənt
overinvestment
ˌəʊvərɪnˈvɛstmənt
readjustment
ˌriːəˈdʒʌstmənt
reenlistment
ˌriːɪnˈlɪstmənt
reinvestment
ˌriːɪnˈvɛstmənt
underinvestment
ˌʌndərɪnˈvestmənt
vestment
ˈvɛstmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INVESTMENT

investigation
investigational
investigative
investigator
investigatory
investitive
investiture
investment account
investment analyst
investment bank
investment banker
investment bond
investment company
investment grant
investment income
investment management
investment manager
investment opportunities
investment portfolio
investment trust

WORDS THAT END LIKE INVESTMENT

advertisement
allotment
apartment
appointment
assortment
commitment
compartment
cost-of-living adjustment
department
disappointment
enactment
fire department
fitment
graphic design department
one-room apartment
police department
recruitment
service department
State Department
the treatment
treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of investment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INVESTMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «investment» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of investment

Translation of «investment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INVESTMENT

Find out the translation of investment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of investment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «investment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

投资
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inversión
570 millions of speakers

English

investment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निवेश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إِسْتِثْمَارٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инвестиция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

investimento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিনিয়োগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

investissement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pelaburan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Investition
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

投資
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

투자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Investasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự đầu tư
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முதலீட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुंतवणूक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yatırım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

investimento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

inwestycja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інвестиція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

investiție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επένδυση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

belegging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

investering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

investering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of investment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INVESTMENT»

The term «investment» is very widely used and occupies the 3.587 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INVESTMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «investment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «investment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about investment

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10 QUOTES WITH «INVESTMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word investment.
1
Buzz Aldrin
There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.
2
John Anderson
I can't think of any more important issue. If we get this right, we'll not only preserve our landscape for future generations we'll be able to generate I think more investment and more job opportunities in the inland and we sure as hell need those jobs.
3
Julian Baggini
Daily life is better when it involves interactions with real people who have a personal investment in their labour, like shopkeepers, than it is with someone 'just doing my job' or the infernal self-checkout machine.
4
Alex Berenson
Hedge funds try to produce above-average investment returns using tactics ranging from traditional stock-picking to complex derivative and arbitrage plays. High minimum investments, redemption restrictions and aggressive strategies make them suitable mainly for more sophisticated and well-heeled investors.
5
Buffalo Bill
We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment.
6
Drew Bledsoe
The amount of work and the amount of both physical and emotional investment it takes to get to the top.
7
Rocco Buttiglione
If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the family makes this great investment, from which we all benefit, but for which no-one helps. We have to point the spotlight on the family, and make political choices that sustain the family.
8
Louis R. Chenevert
If you want to attract more investment, foreign investment, more talent, more business, I think having some level of certainty that the business environment respects, those who have been your partners for a long time, is important.
9
Jim Cramer
The party line is that stocks historically have outperformed all other investment plans.
10
Evan Davis
In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: consumer spending, business investment and exports and trade.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INVESTMENT»

Discover the use of investment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to investment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read: The Proven ...
What Are You Waiting For? This book will change the way you think about investing-and the results will prove it! "This is the simple hands-on, how-to and why book many readers have been looking for.
Daniel R. Solin, 2009
2
The Investment Answer: Learn to Manage Your Money & Protect ...
THE INVESTMENT ANSWER asks readers to make five basic but key decisions to stack the investment odds in their favor. The advice is simple, easy-to-follow, and effective, and can lead to a more profitable portfolio for every investor.
Gordon Murray, Daniel C. Goldie, 2011
3
Options as a Strategic Investment
A best-selling guide giving serious investors hundreds of market-tested strategies, to maximise the earnings potential of their portfolio while reducing risk.
Lawrence G. McMillan, 2002
4
The Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law
The Oxford Handbook series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and state-of-the-art survey of current thinking and research in a particular subject area.
Peter Muchlinski, Federico Ortino, Christoph Schreuer, 2008
5
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People ...
In this unflinching look at white supremacy, George Lipsitz argues that racism is a matter of interests as well as attitudes, a problem of property as well as pigment.
George Lipsitz, 2009
6
Bilateral Investment Treaties
This book presents all the elements of modern BITs and explains what the main problems are.
Rudolf Dolzer, Margrete Stevens, 1995
7
Investment Analysis for Real Estate Decisions
With a new interior layout, updated material, and a brand-new CD-ROM Student Study Guide, this book is focused on giving the student the tools they need to succeed in their course.
Gaylon E. Greer, Phillip T. Kolbe, 2003
8
Foreign Investment Disputes: Cases, Materials, and Commentary
This indispensable handbook is the first legal resource to gather together the most important cases and commentary on the increasingly significant subject of foreign investment disputes.
R. Doak Bishop, James Crawford, William Michael Reisman, 2005
9
Arbitration and Renegotiation of International Investment ...
This book is a second, revised edition of the original 1986 publication.
Wolfgang Peter, Jean-Quentin de Kuyper, Bénédict de Candolle, 1995
10
The Theory and Practice of Investment Management: Asset ...
This edition of The Theory and Practice of Investment Management takes a more comprehensive approach to this discipline by illustrating how theory is applied in practice while also stressing the importance of the portfolio construction ...
Frank J. Fabozzi, Harry M. Markowitz, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INVESTMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term investment is used in the context of the following news items.
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Major investment in transport network to cut rail journey times …
The State is to ramp-up transport investment to fund new buses, improve railway journey times and upgrade more than 350km of road across ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
Farewell to Latam's investment banking salad days? - FT.com
Remember the good ol' days when senior investment bankers in São Paulo commanded premium salaries over their “poor” New York or ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
3
Avoid these five investment traps - Sydney Morning Herald
Ignore them. There are lots of shares with supposedly huge dividend yields. Ignore them, too. The investment that makes you the most money ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
4
Investment firm leans towards fixed interest | Otago Daily Times …
During the past year, Craigs Investment Partners has moved to a more defensive stance in its investment intentions and remains comfortable ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
5
Fans' investment in Vikings outkicks on-field success - Star Tribune
It was encouraging to learn that Vikings fans rate 18th among the 32 teams when it comes to investment in their teams, and rate 20th in their ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Indiana basketball has big investment in recruiting - Indianapolis Star
It's July, a relatively slow time for Central Indiana sports, right? Not for college basketball coaches trying to make the most of four-day ... «Indianapolis Star, Jul 15»
7
Investment Firm BlueMountain To Purchase Daughters Of Charity …
According to DCHS, BlueMountain will make an initial capital investment of $250 million, which will be overseen by the firm's subsidiary, ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
8
Blue Bell: $125M investment necessary to remain operational
BRENHAM, Texas (AP) - Blue Bell's chief executive told shareholders this week that Texas billionaire Sid Bass will lend the company up to ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
9
Investment banks tread carefully after years of living dangerously …
UBS' stock price performance improved after it downsized its investment bank and became Ousted Barclays chief Antony Jenkins failed ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
10
MGIC Investment Tops Q2 Earnings; Delinquency, Claims Fall …
Private mortgage insurer, MGIC Investment Corp. MTG reported second-quarter 2015 net income per share of 28 cents, which surpassed the ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»

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