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Definition of INVESTMENT

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. --Shak. 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. --Marshall. 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. --A. Hamilton. An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens. --Hawthorne.

Meaning of INVESTMENT from wikipedia

- Investment is traditionally defined as the "commitment of resources to achieve later benefits". If an investment involves money, then it can be defined...
- Investment banking is an advisory-based financial service for institutional investors, corporations, governments, and similar clients. Traditionally ****ociated...
- Investment management (sometimes referred to more generally as ****et management) is the professional ****et management of various securities, including...
- An investment fund is a way of investing money alongside other investors in order to benefit from the inherent advantages of working as part of a group...
- In macroeconomics, investment "consists of the additions to the nation's capital stock of buildings, equipment, software, and inventories during a year"...
- Cascade Investment, L.L.C. is an American holding company and private investment firm headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, United States. It is controlled...
- A foreign direct investment (FDI) refers to purchase of an ****et in another country, such that it gives direct control to the purchaser over the ****et...
- Mubadala Investment Company PJSC (Arabic: شركة مبادلة للاستثمار), or simply Mubadala, is a state-owned global investment firm that acts as one of the...
- Return on investment (ROI) or return on costs (ROC) is the ratio between net income (over a period) and investment (costs resulting from an investment of some...
- broad range of subfields exists within finance. ****et-, money-, risk- and investment management aim to maximize value and minimize volatility. Financial analysis...