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reinvestment

/ˌɹiɪnˈvestmənt/ree-in-VEST-muhnt
/ˌɹiɪnˈvɛstmənt/ree-in-VEST-muhnt

Meaninga putting back in

Common meaning: putting profits back into the same venture

‘again’ + ‘in, into’ + ‘clothing, a garment’ → reinvestment

Journey through time

  1. Latinvestis, -is‘clothing, a garment’
  2. Frenchinvestiture
  3. Englishreinvestment‘putting profits back into the same venture’ · today

re- also in: reactrebelrelaxrepelreply

in- also in: incestinciteinduceinfamyinfant

vest also in: disinvestdisinvestment

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: Built on Latin vestis ‘clothing, a garment’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vestis, p. 1981 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

disinvestdisinvestment

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