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in·vest  (n-vst)
v. in·vest·ed, in·vest·ing, in·vests
v.tr.
1. To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return: invested their savings in stocks and bonds.
2.
a. To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit: invested much time and energy in getting a good education.
b. To devote morally or psychologically, as to a purpose; commit: "Men of our generation are invested in what they do, women in what we are" Shana Alexander.
3. To endow with authority or power.
4. To install in office with ceremony: invest a new emperor.
5. To endow with an enveloping or pervasive quality: "A charm invests a face/Imperfectly beheld" Emily Dickinson.
6. To clothe; adorn.
7. To cover completely; envelop.
8. To surround with troops or ships; besiege. See Synonyms at besiege.
v.intr.
To make investments or an investment: invest in real estate.

[From Italian investire and from French investir, both from Latin investre, to clothe, surround : in-, in; see in-2 + vestre, to clothe (from vestis, clothes; see wes-2 in Indo-European roots).]

in·vesta·ble adj.
in·vestor n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.investorinvestor - someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
contrarian - an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors
bear - an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
bondholder - a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation
bull - an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
caller - an investor who buys a call option
depositor - a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
lender, loaner - someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
rentier - someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments
shareholder, shareowner, stockholder - someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
Translations
Spanish investor [ɪnˈvɛstəʳ] ninversor(a) m/f
French investor [ɪnˈvɛstəʳ] népargnant(e) (= shareholder); actionnaire m/f
German investor [ɪnˈvɛstəʳ] n(Kapital)anleger(in) m(f)
Italian investor [ɪnˈvɛstəʳ] ninvestitore/trice (= shareholder); azionista m/f

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Kreis came to Martin one day - Kreis, of the "real dirt"; and Martin turned to him with relief, to receive the glowing details of a scheme sufficiently wild-catty to interest him as a fictionist rather than an investor.
Bert was trying to impress Tom with the idea that the reconstructed Grubb & Smallways offered unprecedented and unparalleled opportunities to the judicious small investor.
Speculative investors occasionally deal in such things.
 
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