investment

== English == === Etymology === From invest +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɛstmənt/, /ɪnˈvɛsmənt/ === Noun === investment (countable and uncountable, plural investments) The act of investing, or state of being invested. (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation. Antonym: divestment (obsolete) A vestment. (military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “investment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “investment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.