Investing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  investing \investing\ n.
     the act or process of expending resources, especially money,
     to achieve rewards.
  
     Syn: investment.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Invest \In*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invested}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Investing}.] [L. investire, investitum; pref. in- in +
     vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See
     {Vest}.]
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     1. To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; --
        opposed to {divest}. Usually followed by with, sometimes
        by in; as, to invest one with a robe.
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     2. To put on. [Obs.]
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              Can not find one this girdle to invest. --Spenser.
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     3. To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in
        possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to
        adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or
        glory; to invest with an estate.
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              I do invest you jointly with my power. --Shak.
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     4. To surround, accompany, or attend.
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              Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the
              guilt.                                --Hawthorne.
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     5. To confer; to give. [R.]
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              It investeth a right of government.   --Bacon.
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     6. (Mil.) To inclose; to surround or hem in with troops, so
        as to intercept reinforcements of men and provisions and
        prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town.
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     7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the view of
        obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank
        stock.
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     8. Hence: To expend (time, money, or other resources) with a
        view to obtaining some benefit of value in excess of that
        expended, or to achieve a useful pupose; as, to invest a
        lot of time in teaching one's children.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  investing
       n : the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an
           enterprise with the expectation of profit [syn: {investment}]