Investment

  • 1Investment — or investing [British and American English, respectively.] is a term with several closely related meanings in business management, finance and economics, related to saving or deferring consumption.Investment is the choice by the individual to… …

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  • 2investment — in·vest·ment 1 n: investiture (1) investment 2 n 1: the outlay of money usu. for income or profit: capital outlay; also: the sum invested or the property purchased 2: the commitment of funds with a view to minimizing risk and safeguarding capital …

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  • 3investment — invèstment (izg. invȅstment) m DEFINICIJA ekon. ulaganje, ob. u proizvodnju, ali i u kadrove, projekte i sl.; investicija [trgovina se pokazala kao dobar investment] SINTAGMA investment trust (izg. investment trȁst) poduzeće koje se bavi… …

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  • 4Investment — In*vest ment, n. 1. The act of investing, or the state of being invested. [1913 Webster] 2. That with which anyone is invested; a vestment. [1913 Webster] Whose white investments figure innocence. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mil.) The act of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5Investment — Investment. См. Формовочная смесь. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …

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  • 6Investment — Investment,das:⇨Investition …

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  • 7investment — (n.) 1590s, act of putting on vestments (a sense now found in INVESTITURE (Cf. investiture)); later act of being invested with an office, right, endowment, etc. (1640s); and surrounding and besieging of a military target (1811); see INVEST (Cf.… …

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  • 8investment — [n] something given, lent for a return advance, ante, asset, backing, bail, contribution, endowment, expenditure, expense, finance, financing, flutter, grant, hunch, inside, interests, investing, loan, money, piece, plunge, property, purchase,… …

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  • 9investment — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of investing. 2) a thing worth buying because it may be profitable or useful in the future …

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  • 10investment — [in vest′mənt] n. 1. an investing or being invested 2. an outer covering 3. INVESTITURE (sense 1) 4. a) the investing of money b) the amount invested c) …

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