investment

Meaning

Noun

• The act of investing, or state of being invested.
• A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
• A vestment.
• The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
• A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze.

Origin

• invest + -ment