Look up: Investment

1. Investment
   1. Addition to the stock of capital of a firm or country. 2. Purchase of an asset, real or financial. 3. The use of resources today for the purpose of increasing productivity or income in the future.
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2. Investment
   Investment is the purchase of capital equipment. i.e. the purchase of machines, equipment, factories etc. that firms need to enable them to produce. It is usually split into two parts: 1. Replacement investment - this is where companies buy new machinery and equipment that simply replaces something they had already that was worn out or inefficient. Depreciation is often used as an approximation for this. 2. Net investment - this is where companies buy new machinery or equipment. It is this type of investment that actually adds to the capital stock of the economy. Investment can also refer to changes in the level of stocks.
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3. investment
   [Noun] Putting money to a particular use, for example in a project or in shares to make a profit.
   Example: The company made a big investment in new machinery.
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4. Investment
   An asset acquired for the purpose of producing income and/or capital gains for its owner.
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5. Investment
   The use of money to generate income and/or capital growth.
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6. investment
   The use of capital to create more money through income-producing vehicle or through more risk-oriented ventures. The Financial Services & Markets Act 2000 lists items to be regulated as such include shares, bonds, futures, options, life assurance and pensions.
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7. investment
   [n] - money that is invested with an expectation of profit 2. [n] - outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism
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8. Investment
   Investment is the purchase of capital equipment. i.e. the purchase of machines, equipment, factories etc. that firms need to enable them to produce. It is usually split into two parts:
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9. Investment
   The buying of shares in individual companies or units in collective funds (unit trusts,... <a target=_blank href="http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/investment.htm?id=792&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false" title="Read full definition of investment">more</a>
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10. investment
    In economics, the purchase of any asset with the potential to yield future financial benefit to the purchaser (such as a house, a work of art, stocks and shares, or even a private education). More...
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11. investment
    Buying and holding assets, such as shares, bonds, property and commodities, to earn income or to make capital gains
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12. investment
    the placing of money so that it will increase in value and produce an income, either in an asset, such as a building, or by purchasing shares, placing money on deposit, etc. Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • shareholding in a company Category: Law
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13. Investment
    In·vest"ment noun 1. The act of investing, or the state of being invested. 2. That with which anyone is invested; a vestment. « Whose white investments figure innocence.» Shak. 3. (Mil.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. « The capitulation was signed by the comm …
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14. investment
    1. In dentistry, any material used in investing. ... 2. In psychoanalysis, the psychic charge or cathexis invested in an object. ... Refractory investment, an investment material which can withstand the high temperatures used in soldering or casting. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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15. investment
    noun outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism
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16. investment
    noun the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
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17. Investment
    `Investment` or `investing` is a term with several closely-related meanings in business management, finance and economics, related to saving or deferring consumption. An asset is usually purchased, or equivalently a deposit is made in a bank, in hopes of getting a future return or interest from it. The word originates in the Latin `vestis`, meaning garment, and refers to the act of putting things (money or other claims to resources) into others' ...
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18. Investment
    The creation of more money through the use of capital.
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19. Investment
    `Investment` or `investing` is a term with several closely-related meanings in business management, finance and economics, related to saving or deferring consumption. An asset is usually purchased, or equivalently a deposit is made in a bank, in hopes of getting a future return or interest from it. The word originates in the Latin `vestis`, meaning garment, and refers to the act of putting things (money or other claims to resources) into others' ...
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20. investment
    Any use of resources intended to increase future production output or income. Contexts: macro
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21. investment
    (in-vest´mәnt) any tissue, such as fascia, that envelops or covers other tissues or parts. a material applied as a soft paste to a pattern that hardens to form a mold for casting.
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22. Investment
    • (n.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. • (n.) The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested. • (n.) That with which anyone is invested; a vestment. • (n.) The act of in...
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23. investment
    process of exchanging income during one period of time for an asset that is expected to produce earnings in future periods. Thus, consumption in the ... [23 related articles]
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24. Investment
    1. Addition to the stock of capital of a firm or country. 2. Purchase of an asset, real or financial. 3. The use of resources today for the purpose of increasing productivity or income in the future.
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25. Investment
    - EXPENDITURE used to purchase goods or services that could produce a return to the investor.
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