investment


2investment

noun

Definition of INVESTMENT

: the outlay of money usually for income or profit : capital outlay; also : the sum invested or the property purchased

Origin of INVESTMENT

2invest
First Known Use: 1615

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actuary, compound interest, globalization, indemnity, portfolio, rentier, stagflation, usurer

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