transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnvest ]
( invests, investing, invested)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you invest in something, or if you invest a sum of money, you use your money in a way that you hope will increase its value, for example by paying it into a bank, or buying shares or property.
They intend to invest directly in shares...
He invested all our profits in gold shares...
When people buy houses they’re investing a lot of money.
VERB : V in n , V n in n , V n
2.
When a government or organization invests in something, it gives or lends money for a purpose that it considers useful or profitable.
...the British government’s failure to invest in an integrated transport system.
...the European Investment Bank, which invested £100 million in Canary Wharf...
Why does Japan invest, on average, twice as much capital per worker per year than the United States?
VERB : V in n , V n in n , V n , also V
3.
If you invest in something useful, you buy it, because it will help you to do something more efficiently or more cheaply.
The company invested thousands in an electronic order-control system...
The easiest way to make ice cream yourself is to invest in an ice cream machine.
VERB : V n in n , V in n
4.
If you invest time or energy in something, you spend a lot of time or energy on something that you consider to be useful or likely to be successful.
I would rather invest time in Rebecca than in the kitchen.
VERB : V n in n
5.
To invest someone with rights or responsibilities means to give them those rights or responsibilities legally or officially. ( FORMAL )
The constitution had invested him with certain powers.
VERB : V n with n