invest

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invest
ɪnˈvɛst Listen
Meanings
verb
  • put (money) into financial schemes, shares, property, or a commercial venture with the expectation of achieving a profit.
    E.g. the company is to invest £12 m in its manufacturing site at Linlithglow
  • provide or endow someone or something with (a particular quality or attribute).
    E.g. the passage of time has invested the words with an unintended humour
  • clothe or cover with a garment.
    E.g. he stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling
  • surround (a place) in order to besiege or blockade it.
    E.g. Fort Pulaski was invested and captured

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