investment

n. expenditure of money or effort for future benefits; blockade, siege; cover as if with a garment; empowerment, authorization; install in an office, instate

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Noun
1. the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
(synonym) investing
(hypernym) finance
(hyponym) arbitrage
(derivation) invest, put, commit, place
(class) bull
2. money that is invested with an expectation of profit
(synonym) investment funds
(hypernym) assets
(hyponym) speculation, venture
(derivation) invest, put, commit, place
(class) yield, pay, bear
3. outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism
(hypernym) skin, tegument, cutis
(hyponym) pellicle
4. the act of putting on robes or vestments
(hypernym) dressing, grooming
5. the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
(synonym) investiture
(hypernym) promotion
(derivation) invest, clothe, adorn

n. investment, expenditure of money or effort for future benefits

n. investování; investice