Found 3 items, similar to Investing.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: invest menanamkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: investing investing n : the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit [syn: investment]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Investing Invest \In*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invested; p. pr. & vb. n. Investing.] [L. investire, investitum; pref. in- in + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See Vest.] [1913 Webster] 1. To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe. [1913 Webster] 2. To put on. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Can not find one this girdle to invest. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate. [1913 Webster] I do invest you jointly with my power. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To surround, accompany, or attend. [1913 Webster] Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 5. To confer; to give. [R.] [1913 Webster] It investeth a right of government. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 6. (Mil.) To inclose; to surround or hem in with troops, so as to intercept reinforcements of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town. [1913 Webster] 7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the view of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock. [1913 Webster] 8. Hence: To expend (time, money, or other resources) with a view to obtaining some benefit of value in excess of that expended, or to achieve a useful pupose; as, to invest a lot of time in teaching one's children. [PJC]