to invest money in a business
1money — / mʌni/ noun 1. coins and notes used for buying and selling ♦ to earn money to have a wage or salary ♦ to earn good money to have a large wage or salary ♦ to lose money to make a loss, not to make a profit ♦ the company has been losing money for… …
2money — / mʌni/ noun coins and notes used for buying and selling ♦ to earn money to have a wage or salary ♦ to earn good money to have a large wage or salary ♦ to lose money to make a loss, not to make a profit ♦ the company has been losing money for… …
3invest — in·vest 1 /in vest/ vt [Medieval Latin investire, from Latin, to clothe, from in in + vestis garment] 1: to install in an office or position 2 a: to furnish with or formally grant power or authority b: to grant someone control or authority over:… …
4Invest — 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… …
5invest — [in vest′] vt. [L investire < in , in + vestire, to clothe < vestis, clothing: see VEST] 1. to clothe; array; adorn 2. a) to cover, surround, or envelop like, or as if with, a garment [fog invests the city] b) to endow with qualities,… …
6business case — ˈbusiness ˌcase noun [countable] COMMERCE an explanation of how a new project, product etc is going to be successful and why people should invest money in it: • The company would need to prepare a business case showing how it would meet the costs …
7money purchase scheme — UK US noun [countable] [singular money purchase scheme plural money purchase schemes] business a pension plan in which a person’s payments are used to invest in an annuity . The amount of pension that the person receives depends on the total… …
8invest — 01. When you [invest] money on the stock market, you should be prepared to lose sometimes. 02. My neighbor made over $10,000 profit on an initial [investment] of $8,500. 03. A number of [investors] lost a lot of money in the gold mining scam. 04 …
9invest — [16] The etymological notion underlying invest is of ‘putting on clothes’. It comes via Old French investir from Latin investīre, a compound verb formed from the prefix in and vestis ‘clothes’ (source of English vest, vestment, travesty, etc). It …
10money purchase scheme — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms money purchase scheme : singular money purchase scheme plural money purchase schemes business a pension plan in which a person s payments are used to invest in an annuity. The amount of pension that the person… …