Noun

(uncountable) The act of paying.

(countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.

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Noun

(en noun)

The act of investing, or state of being invested.

(finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use.

* A. Hamilton

An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.

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That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.

* (William Shakespeare)

Whose white investments figure innocence.

(military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.

* Marshall

The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments .

A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze.