Noun Definition

investment

1.Definition: money that is invested with an expectation of profit

Category: General

2.Definition: outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism

Category: Animals

3.Definition: the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

Category: General

4.Definition: the act of putting on robes or vestments

Category: General

5.Definition: the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

Related Noun(s):investiture

Category: General

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

"This job calls for the investment of some hard thinking", "He made an emotional investment in the work"

Category: General