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investment

Definition for investment

noun as in something given, lent for a return

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Cuba, already corrupt, will have to avoid becoming even more so when American investment pours in.

“We make a vast investment in these casks,” says Stuart MacPherson, the aforementioned wood master.

All of that required an upfront investment from Nataly and me.

We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment.

Which is bad, because we all have an investment in making college affordable and accessible to everyone.

Contract with the Seaboard folks makes it look like it would pay eighteen, twenty per cent on the investment, maybe more.

I been a-lookin' after that investment f'r you—and f'r these other dum fools in town.

The battle was immediately followed by the investment of Boston by the American militia.

But we will call it $1,000, and let the rest go as interest on the investment represented by seeds and implements.

It was as though Monsieur Guillaume had looked to a good investment, even in the purchase of a candlestick.

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On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to investment, such as: asset, contribution, expenditure, expense, finance, and financing.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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