n.

1. The act of investing.
2. An amount invested.
3. Property or another possession acquired for future financial return or benefit.
4. A commitment, as of time or support.
5. A military siege.
6. Archaic.
   1. A garment; a vestment.
   2. An outer covering or layer.

An asset or item that is purchased with the hope that it will generate income or appreciate in the future. In an economic sense, an investment is the purchase of goods that are not consumed today but are used in the future to create wealth. In finance, an investment is a monetary asset purchased with the idea that the asset will provide income in the future or appreciate and be sold at a higher price.

Investopedia Says:
The building of a factory used to produce goods and the investment one makes by going to college or university are both examples of investments in the economic sense.

In the financial sense investments include the purchase of bonds, stocks or real estate property.

Be sure not to get 'making an investment' and 'speculating' confused. Investing usually involves the creation of wealth whereas speculating is often a zero-sum game; wealth is not created. Although speculators are often making informed decisions, speculation cannot usually be categorized as traditional investing.

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Use of capital to create more money, either through income-producing vehicles or through more risk-oriented ventures designed to result in capital gains. Investment can refer to a financial investment (where an investor puts money into a vehicle) or to an investment of effort and time on the part of an individual who wants to reap profits from the success of his labor. Investment connotes the idea that safety of principal is important. Speculation, on the other hand, is far riskier.

noun

A prolonged surrounding of an objective by hostile troops: beleaguerment, besiegement, blockade, siege. See attack/defend.

n

Definition: something given, lent for a return
Antonyms: divestment

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The material used to enclose or surround a pattern of a dental restoration for casting or molding or to maintain the relations of metal parts during soldering.

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The placement of a particular sum of money in business ventures, real estate, or securities of a permanent nature so that it will produce an income.

The purchase of property with the expectation that its value will increase over time.

Refers to the portion of a pot that you contributed, meaning that, should you win the pot, the rest is profit; how much it has cost you to stay in a pot.

SoundPoker Says: For example, if there are five people who have contributed equally to a particular pot, one fifth of that pot is your investment, while the other four-fifths is potential profit.

See Also: Equity, Implied Odds, Pot Odds, Value, Varience

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Quotes:

"Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repairing." - Billy Rose

"I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race." - Honore De Balzac

"Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it." - Henry Ward Beecher

"The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future." - John Maynard Keynes

"Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make." - Donald Trump

"Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. This painting here. I bought it 10 years ago for 60 thousand dollars. I could sell it today for 600. The illusion has become real and the more real it becomes, the more desperately they want it." - Oliver Stone

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - investering, indskud, kapitalanlæg, pengeanbringelse

idioms:

• investment bond    investeringsobligation
• investment trust    investeringsselskab

Nederlands (Dutch)
investering, belegging, omsingeling, bedekking, installatie

Français (French)
n. - investissement, encerclement, placement, engagement, (Mil) investissement

idioms:

• investment bond    obligation
• investment trust    société d'investissement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Investition, Anlage, Verleihung, Belagerung

idioms:

• investment bond    festverzinsliches Anlagepapier
• investment trust    Investmentgesellschaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικον.) επένδυση

idioms:

• investment bond    επενδυτικό ομόλογο
• investment trust    εταιρεία επενδύσεων χαρτοφυλακίου

Italiano (Italian)
investimento, accerchiamento

idioms:

• investment bond    buono di investimento
• investment trust    fondo di investimento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - investimento (m)

idioms:

• investment bond    obrigações (f pl) de investimento
• investment trust    fundo (m) de investimento

Русский (Russian)
капиталовложение, облечение полномочиями, одеяние

idioms:

• investment bond    инвестиционные облигации
• investment trust    инвестиционный трест

Español (Spanish)
n. - inversión, cerco, sitio

idioms:

• investment bond    bono de inversión
• investment trust    sociedad de inversión o inversionista

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - investering, satsning (äv. bildl.), kapitalplacering, belägring (mil.), omringning, investitur

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
投资, 可获利的东西

idioms:

• investment bond    投资债券
• investment trust    投资信托公司

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 投資, 可獲利的東西

idioms:

• investment bond    投資債券
• investment trust    投資信託公司

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 투자, 투자액, 서임

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 投資, 投下資本, 着せること, 包囲, 投資額

idioms:

• investment bond    投資債券
• investment trust    投資信託会社

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) استثمار ( الأموال)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮השקעה, כיתור, מצור‬

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