Found 3 items, similar to Investment.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: investment investasi
English → English (WordNet) Definition: investment investment n 1: the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit [syn: investing] 2: money that is invested with an expectation of profit [syn: investment funds ] 3: outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism 4: the act of putting on robes or vestments 5: the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank [syn: investiture]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Investment Investment \In*vest"ment\, n. 1. The act of investing, or the state of being invested. [1913 Webster] 2. That with which anyone is invested; a vestment. [1913 Webster] Whose white investments figure innocence. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mil.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. [1913 Webster] The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments. --Marshall. [1913 Webster] 4. The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; also, the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested. [1913 Webster] Before the investment could be made, a change of the market might render it ineligible. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]