(~s)
1.
If you have a ~ in a company, you own shares in it. (BUSINESS)
That would increase Olympia & York’s ~ to 35%...
= investment
N-COUNT: with supp
2.
A ~ operation or action is a temporary one that is intended to keep a situation under control and to prevent it from becoming worse.
A garden is, at best, a ~ operation against nature.
ADJ: ADJ n