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investment

/ˌɪnˈvestmənt/in-VEST-muhnt
/ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt/in-VEST-muhnt

Meaningthe act of clothing in

Common meaning: money put into something in hope of profit

‘in, into’ + ‘clothing, a garment’ → investment

Journey through time

  1. Latininuestire‘to clothe’source
  2. Frenchinvestir‘to invest, install’source
  3. Englishinvest‘to put money into something for profit’
  4. Englishformed in English from investinvestment‘money put into something in hope of profit’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from invest + -ment.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), INVEST, p.301 · scan

Roots

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