investment
n. expenditure of money or effort for future benefits; blockade, siege; cover as if with a garment; empowerment, authorization; install in an office, instate | ||||
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Investment Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary |
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INVESTMENT
The use of capital to generate more capital.
An appreciating or income producing asset. An open investment is one you currently own. A closed investment is one you once owned. A long investment is an open investment that you bought. A short investment is an open investment that you sold short - i.e., you borrowed the investment from someone else, sold it, pocketed the proceeds, you hope it decreases in value, and you are obliged to buy it back in the future and return it to the original owner. An investment can be short and long at the same time if it contains both long and short lots. All investments are classified by type as a way of organizing your investments. See Holding.
The use of capital to generate more capital.
An appreciating or income producing asset. An open investment is one you currently own. A closed investment is one you once owned. A long investment is an open investment that you bought. A short investment is an open investment that you sold short - i.e., you borrowed the investment from someone else, sold it, pocketed the proceeds, you hope it decreases in value, and you are obliged to buy it back in the future and return it to the original owner. An investment can be short and long at the same time if it contains both long and short lots. All investments are classified by type as a way of organizing your investments. See Holding.
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Investment
(1) The ownership or control of equity: (2) binding commitments to acquire equity; (3) contributions to the capital and surplus of an organization; and (4) the holding of an organization's subordinated debt when the investor and the investor's affiliates hold more than five percent of the equity of the organization.
(1) The ownership or control of equity: (2) binding commitments to acquire equity; (3) contributions to the capital and surplus of an organization; and (4) the holding of an organization's subordinated debt when the investor and the investor's affiliates hold more than five percent of the equity of the organization.
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INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GRO
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Holding company with subsidiaries which provide automated equity trading services and transaction research to institutional investors and brokers.
Investment Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Investment
(n.)
The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested.
(n.)
The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
(n.)
The act of investing, or the state of being invested.
(n.)
That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
(n.)
The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested.
(n.)
The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
(n.)
The act of investing, or the state of being invested.
(n.)
That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
| WordNet 2.0 |
investment
Noun
1. the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
(synonym) investing
(hypernym) finance
(hyponym) arbitrage
(derivation) invest, put, commit, place
(class) bull
2. money that is invested with an expectation of profit
(synonym) investment funds
(hypernym) assets
(hyponym) speculation, venture
(derivation) invest, put, commit, place
(class) yield, pay, bear
3. outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism
(hypernym) skin, tegument, cutis
(hyponym) pellicle
4. the act of putting on robes or vestments
(hypernym) dressing, grooming
5. the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
(synonym) investiture
(hypernym) promotion
(derivation) invest, clothe, adorn
Noun
1. the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
(synonym) investing
(hypernym) finance
(hyponym) arbitrage
(derivation) invest, put, commit, place
(class) bull
2. money that is invested with an expectation of profit
(synonym) investment funds
(hypernym) assets
(hyponym) speculation, venture
(derivation) invest, put, commit, place
(class) yield, pay, bear
3. outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism
(hypernym) skin, tegument, cutis
(hyponym) pellicle
4. the act of putting on robes or vestments
(hypernym) dressing, grooming
5. the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
(synonym) investiture
(hypernym) promotion
(derivation) invest, clothe, adorn
| hEnglish - advanced version |
investment
investment
\in*vest"ment\ (?), n.
1. the act of investing, or the state of being invested.
2. that with which anyone is invested; a vestment. whose white investments figure innocence.
3. (mil.) the act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. the capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments.
4. the laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested. before the investment could be made, a change of the market might render it ineligible. hamilton. an investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.
similar words(11)
investment banker
unit investment trust
real estate investment trust
investment funds
investment letter
investment reserve
investment advisor
investment adviser
investment trust
investment company
investment firm
investment
\in*vest"ment\ (?), n.
1. the act of investing, or the state of being invested.
2. that with which anyone is invested; a vestment. whose white investments figure innocence.
3. (mil.) the act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. the capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments.
4. the laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested. before the investment could be made, a change of the market might render it ineligible. hamilton. an investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.
similar words(11)
investment banker
unit investment trust
real estate investment trust
investment funds
investment letter
investment reserve
investment advisor
investment adviser
investment trust
investment company
investment firm
| English Phonetics |
Investment Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| European Commission Glossary of Justice and home affairs |
investment
An asset that is placed in an enterprise with the expectation of profit. Not all investment undertakings are covered by the 2000 regulation on the liquidation of an insolvent debtor’s assets. . (See Judicial-civil: Insolvency)
An asset that is placed in an enterprise with the expectation of profit. Not all investment undertakings are covered by the 2000 regulation on the liquidation of an insolvent debtor’s assets. . (See Judicial-civil: Insolvency)
| A Glossary of Political Economy Terms |
Investment
All income expended by firms or government agencies on capital goods for use in their productive activities. Thus aggregate investment in a national economy is the total amount of spending in order to maintain or increase the stock of physical goods not intended for immediate consumption by the purchasing entity but rather for use in producing other kinds of goods or services to be delivered to others. (Note that the economist's sense of the term is somewhat narrower than the general population's use of the term, in that the economist would exclude the purchase of purely financial paper assets like bonds or shares of stock from coverage by the term "investment".) All forms of investment thus require prior saving from income, but not all savings are for the purpose of investment.
All income expended by firms or government agencies on capital goods for use in their productive activities. Thus aggregate investment in a national economy is the total amount of spending in order to maintain or increase the stock of physical goods not intended for immediate consumption by the purchasing entity but rather for use in producing other kinds of goods or services to be delivered to others. (Note that the economist's sense of the term is somewhat narrower than the general population's use of the term, in that the economist would exclude the purchase of purely financial paper assets like bonds or shares of stock from coverage by the term "investment".) All forms of investment thus require prior saving from income, but not all savings are for the purpose of investment.
[See also: savings, capital, interest rates, derived demand]
Investment Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Investment
Investment or investing is a term with several closely-related meanings in business management, finance and economics, related to saving or deferring consumption. An asset is usually purchased, or equivalently a deposit is made in a bank, in hopes of getting a future return or interest from it. The word originates in the Latin "vestis", meaning garment, and refers to the act of putting things (money or other claims to resources) into others' pockets.
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