transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnvesmənt ]
( investments)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Investment is the activity of investing money.
He said the government must introduce tax incentives to encourage investment...
N-UNCOUNT : usu with supp , oft N in n
2.
An investment is an amount of money that you invest, or the thing that you invest it in.
You’ll be able to earn an average rate of return of 8% on your investments.
N-VAR : usu with supp
3.
If you describe something you buy as an investment , you mean that it will be useful, especially because it will help you to do a task more cheaply or efficiently.
When selecting boots, fine, quality leather will be a wise investment...
N-COUNT : usu sing , usu adj N
4.
Investment of time or effort is the spending of time or effort on something in order to make it a success.
I worry about this big investment of time and effort.
N-UNCOUNT : usu N of n