invest (verb)
21invest*/ — [ɪnˈvest] verb [I/T] to use your money with the aim of making a profit from it, for example by buying SHARES in a company Banks invested £20 million in the scheme.[/ex] We ve invested heavily (= invested a lot of money) in foreign markets.[/ex]… …
22invest — [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 …
23invest — 1. verb /ɪnˈvɛst/ a) To clothe or wrap (with garments). He was but shabbily apparelled in faded jacket and patched trowsers; a rag of a black handkerchief investing his neck. b) To envelop, wrap, cover. Wed like to …
24over-invest — over investment ˌover inˈvestment also overinvestment noun [uncountable] FINANCE ECONOMICS the act of investing more money in something than is needed …
25under-invest — under investment ˌunder inˈvestment also underinvestment noun [uncountable] FINANCE ECONOMICS the act of investing less money in something than is needed: • We ve heard complaints of under investment in railways, and over …
26investable — invest ► VERB 1) put money into financial schemes, shares, or property with the expectation of achieving a profit. 2) devote (time or energy) to an undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result. 3) (invest in) informal buy (something)… …
27investible — invest ► VERB 1) put money into financial schemes, shares, or property with the expectation of achieving a profit. 2) devote (time or energy) to an undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result. 3) (invest in) informal buy (something)… …
28investor — invest ► VERB 1) put money into financial schemes, shares, or property with the expectation of achieving a profit. 2) devote (time or energy) to an undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result. 3) (invest in) informal buy (something)… …
29inverted snobbery — noun (U) BrE the idea that everything that is typical of the upper classes must be bad invest, verb 1 (I, T) to give money to a company, business, or bank, in order to get a profit: invest (sth) in sth: Jones invested $7 million in an ultra… …
30over-investment — ˌover inˈvestment also overinvestment noun [uncountable] FINANCE ECONOMICS the act of investing more money in something than is needed: • Companies which have done badly have paid the penalty of over investme …
