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in·vest
(ĭn-vĕst′)v. in·vest·ed, in·vest·ing, in·vests
v.tr.
1. To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return: invested their savings in stocks and bonds.
2.
a. To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit: invested much time and energy in getting a good education.
b. To devote morally or psychologically, as to a purpose; commit: "Men of our generation are invested in what they do, women in what we are" (Shana Alexander).
3. To endow with authority or power: The Constitution invests Congress with the power to make laws.
4. To install in office with ceremony: invest a new emperor.
5. To provide with an enveloping or pervasive quality: "A charm invests a face / Imperfectly beheld" (Emily Dickinson).
6. Archaic
a. To clothe; adorn.
b. To cover completely; envelop.
c. To surround with troops or ships; besiege.
v.intr.
1. To make investments or an investment: invest in real estate.
2. To purchase with the expectation of benefit: We decided to invest in a new car.
[From Italian investire and from French investir, both from Latin investīre, to clothe, surround : in-, in; see in-2 + vestīre, to clothe (from vestis, clothes; see wes- in Indo-European roots).]
in·vest′a·ble, in·vest′i·ble adj.
in·ves′tor n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) contrarian - an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors bear - an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price bondholder - a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation bull - an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later caller - an investor who buys a call option depositor - a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution rentier - someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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(inˈvest) verb (with in) to put (money) into (a firm or business) usually by buying shares in it, in order to make a profit. He invested (two hundred dollars) in a building firm.invertir
inˈvestment noun1. the act of investing. inversión
2. a sum of money invested. inversión
inˈvestor noun a person who invests money. inversor
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