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Words with a similar base: investment, investment_funds

'investment'

[investing.n.01] as in: the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

'investment'

[investment.n.02] as in: money that is invested with an expectation of profit

'investment'

[investment.n.03] as in: the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result

Examples:
this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking
he made an emotional investment in the work

'investment'

[investment.n.04] as in: outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism

'investment'

[investment.n.05] as in: the act of putting on robes or vestments

'investment'

[investment.n.06] as in: the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

Origins

					investment (English)
├── -ment (English)
│   └── -amentum (Latin)
└── invest (English)
    ├── investigate (English)
    └── investir (French)
        ├── investio (Latin)
        └── investire (Latin)