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Invest

ɪnˈvɛst

Invest definitions
verb
invest invested investing invests
  1. put (money) into financial schemes, shares, property, or a commercial venture with the expectation of achieving a profit

    "the company is to invest £12 m in its manufacturing site at Linlithglow"

    put money into sink money into lay out money on plough money into
    • devote (one's time, effort, or energy) to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result

      "we have invested a considerable amount of time in demonstrating the value of the system"

    • buy (a relatively expensive product) whose usefulness will repay the cost

      "I invested in an expensive moisturizer and tried to drink more water"

  2. provide or endow someone or something with (a particular quality or attribute)

    "the passage of time has invested the words with an unintended humour"

    • formally confer a rank or office on (someone)

      "he was invested as Head of State on 1 October 1936"

    • confer a right or power on (someone or something)

      "all executive powers were invested in the Secretary of State"

  3. clothe or cover with a garment

    "he stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling"

    dress attire outfit array rig (out) turn out fit out costume trick out/up robe garb deck out drape accoutre
  4. surround (a place) in order to besiege or blockade it

    "Fort Pulaski was invested and captured"