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- pronunciation:
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vest
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process of investing.
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| definition 2: |
that which is invested.
- similar words:
- capital, stake
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| definition 3: |
something into which money, time, effort, or the like is invested.
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| related words: |
appointment, buy, principal, tangible, venture |
adjective + (n.)investment
agricultural,
attractive,
bilateral,
chief,
conservation,
considerable,
direct,
domestic,
dumb,
encouraging,
financial,
fixed,
foreign,
increased,
initial,
long-term,
massive,
minimum,
modest,
net,
overseas,
private,
productive,
profitable,
real,
registered,
risky,
short-term,
strategic,
substantial,
total,
wise,
worthwhile
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verb + (n.)investment
attract, boost, discourage, diversify, encourage, finance, justify, recoup, spur, stimulate
(n.)investment
+ verb
flow, specialize
noun + (n.)investment
analyst,
barrier,
capital,
cash,
consumption,
dollar,
equity,
estate,
export,
gain,
holding,
incentive,
innovation,
investor,
loan,
mortgage,
pension,
profit,
restriction,
retirement,
return,
spending,
tourism,
trade,
trading,
yield
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The word investment
contains the following parts:
vest
Latin
root
that means clothe; clothing
  Example words:
-ment
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act, process, or instance of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ment
attaches to Latin verb roots (e.g., doc, reg, sed) or to English verbs of Latin origin to form nouns.
Example words:
adjustment, advertisement, agreement, announcement, annulment, armament, arrangement, commandment, commitment, compartment, complement, compliment, comportment, department, deportment, document, emolument, employment, entertainment, fragment, government, impediment, improvement, indictment, investment, judgment, measurement, movement, pediment, regiment, sacrament, sediment, sentiment, tenement, vestment
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