The meaning of Investment

noun

A stake put up by a player in poker or brag before receiving cards.

Usage examples:

The antes were at the $10,000–$20,000 level

verb

Put up an amount as an ante in poker or brag and similar games.

Usage examples:

He essentially gets to pick which bets he thinks are best, and ante them up.

prefix

Before; preceding.

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Antechapel

noun

Help or support.

Usage examples:

The foreign secretary won the backing of opposition parties

verb

Give financial, material, or moral support to.

Usage examples:

He had a newspaper empire backing him

noun

Support or help

Usage examples:

If i go ahead with this project, can i count on your backing?

noun

The action of spending funds.

Usage examples:

The expenditure of taxpayers' money

noun

An amount of money, time, or effort that is spent

Usage examples:

[ c ] a large expenditure of funds

noun

The total amount of money that an organization or person spends

Usage examples:

Reduce/keep down/cut expenditure we're primarily concerned with keeping expenditure down., increase…

verb

Provide funding for (a person or enterprise).

Usage examples:

The health service is financed almost entirely by the taxpayer

noun

The management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies.

Usage examples:

The firm's finance department

noun

Money that a person or company borrows for a particular purpose, or the process of getting this money or arranging for it to be paid

Usage examples:

Apply for/arrange/get financing (for sth) when you've found the land you want to buy, you'll need t…

noun

Money provided, especially by an organization or government, for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Funding for the project was provided by the housing corporation

verb

Provide with money for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

The world bank refused to fund the project

noun

Money made available for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

Doug is trying to get funding for his research.

noun

The feeling of wanting to know or learn about something or someone.

Usage examples:

She looked about her with interest

verb

Excite the curiosity or attention of (someone).

Usage examples:

I thought the book might interest eliot

verb

Put (money) into financial schemes, shares, property, or a commercial venture with the expectation of achieving a profit.

Usage examples:

The company is to invest £12 m in its manufacturing site at linlithglow

verb

Present participle of invest

Usage examples:

The institute will invest five million in the project., he's not certain whether to invest in the p…

noun

An amount of money spent on something.

Usage examples:

A modest outlay on local advertising

verb

Expend (an amount of money) on something.

Usage examples:

They are outlaying a significant amount on monthly bills

noun

An amount of money spent, esp. at the beginning of a planned activity or business

Usage examples:

This year’s advertising outlay was over $250,000.

noun

A part of a whole.

Usage examples:

A portion of the jetty still stands

verb

Divide (something) into parts; share out.

Usage examples:

Every month you send the agency a single payment that is portioned out to each of your creditors un…

noun

A part or portion of a larger amount which is divided among a number of people, or to which a number of people contribute.

Usage examples:

Under the proposals, investors would pay a greater share of the annual fees required

verb

Have a portion of (something) with another or others.

Usage examples:

He shared the pie with her

noun

Short for ploughshare.

noun

The forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.

Usage examples:

There has been widespread speculation that he plans to quit

noun

The act of guessing possible answers to a question without having enough information to be certain

Usage examples:

Rumours that the ceo is retiring have been dismissed as pure speculation., speculation about sth th…

noun

A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a plant, form part of a fence, mark a boundary, etc.

Usage examples:

A row of more than 15 bricks, pieces of concrete, metal poles, wooden stakes and a traffic cone wer…

verb

A territorial division of the mormon church under the jurisdiction of a president.

verb

Gamble (money or something else of value) on the outcome of a game or race.

Usage examples:

One gambler staked everything he'd got and lost

verb

Sign and accept liability under (an insurance policy), thus guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs.

Usage examples:

The policy, underwritten at lloyd's, indemnifies trustees against loss arising from wrongful acts

noun

The act of giving financial support for an activity, and for paying any costs if it fails

Usage examples:

The group announced a £50 million investment in insurance underwriting.