invest (verb)
11invest — /ɪnˈvɛst / (say in vest) verb (t) 1. to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering profitable returns, especially interest or income. 2. to spend: to invest large sums in books. 3. to clothe. 4. to cover or adorn as an… …
12invest */*/*/ — UK [ɪnˈvest] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms invest : present tense I/you/we/they invest he/she/it invests present participle investing past tense invested past participle invested business to use your money with the aim of making… …
13invest in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms invest in : present tense I/you/we/they invest in he/she/it invests in present participle investing in past tense invested in past participle invested in 1) invest in something to buy something, especially… …
14invest — /ɪn vest/ verb 1. to put money into shares, bonds, a building society, etc., hoping that it will produce interest and increase in value ● He invested all his money in unit trusts. ● She was advised to invest in real estate or in gov ernment bonds …
15invest sb with sth — UK US invest sb with sth Phrasal Verb with invest({{}}/ɪnˈvest/ verb [I or T] FORMAL ► to give authority or power to someone: »The government has invested the minister for trade with all the necessary powers to resolve the dispute …
16invest — I. transitive verb Etymology: Latin investire to clothe, surround, from in + vestis garment more at wear Date: circa 1534 1. [Medieval Latin investire, from Latin, to clothe] a. to array in the symbols of office or honor b. to furnish with power… …
17invest with — phrasal verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms invest with : present tense I/you/we/they invest with he/she/it invests with present participle investing with past tense invested with past participle invested with formal 1) invest… …
18invest in — phr verb Invest in is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑investor Invest in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bond, ↑enterprise, ↑future, ↑property, ↑share, ↑stock, ↑technology, ↑trust …
19invest — [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 …
20invest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. endue, endow, clothe, array; surround, hem in, besiege, beleaguer; install, induct; dress, adorn; confer; spend. See clothing, power, commission, attack, purchase. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. put money… …
