investment B2 Topic:Business & Commerce US /ɪnˈvɛstmənt/ See IPA manual Freq #4341 Meanings 1 noun Money put into a business or shares with the hope of making a profit. Buying that property turned out to be a smart investment. 2 noun The act of putting money into something to make a profit. The investment of his savings into the new company paid off. 3 noun The amount of time, energy, or effort given to something worthwhile. Giving children a good education is a wise long-term investment. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · the act of putting money... investing Word family Forms investments Derived forms coinvestmentcounterinvestmentmalinvestmentmisinvestmentnoninvestmentoverinvestmentreinvestmentsubinvestmentunderinvestmentuninvestment Common collocations investment adviser Noun + noun investment banker Noun + noun Etymology AI details From invest + -ment. *wes- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Business & Commerce External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # investment **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪnˈvɛstmənt/ **Frequency rank:** 4341 ## Meanings 1. Money put into a business or shares with the hope of making a profit. 2. The act of putting money into something to make a profit. 3. The amount of time, energy, or effort given to something worthwhile. ## Examples - Buying that property turned out to be a smart investment. - The investment of his savings into the new company paid off. - Giving children a good education is a wise long-term investment. ## Derived Forms - coinvestment - counterinvestment - malinvestment - misinvestment - noninvestment - overinvestment - reinvestment - subinvestment - underinvestment - uninvestment ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *wes- ## Etymology From invest + -ment. ## AI Etymology Investment comes from invest + -ment. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. The historical line also includes *wes-. ## Topics - Business & Commerce markdown