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noun

Investment n.

The act of investing, or the state of being invested.

That with which anyone is invested; a vestment. "Whose white investments figure innocence."

(Mil.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. "The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments."

The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; also, the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested. "Before the investment could be made, a change of the market might render it ineligible." "An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens."

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"Investment" Quotes from Famous Books

... himself from his own drawings, are almost as exquisite as the writings. By the way, he does not say what I heard the other day from another friend, just returned from the city of the sea, that Taglioni has purchased four of the finest palaces, and is restoring them with great taste, by way of investment, intending to let them to Russian and English noblemen. She was a very graceful dancer once, was Taglioni; but still it rather depoetizes the place, which of all ...

— Yesterdays with Authors • James T. Fields

... husband of Countess Hanska. He concerned himself with her financial affairs, with the lawsuit brought against her after the death of her husband, with the difficulties arising from a contested inheritance; and from a distance he gave her advice as to the management of her property and the investment of her principal. And at the same time he kept her informed of his efforts to find a home worthy of their happiness, told her of household furnishings he had bought, and sketched the various scales of ...

— Honor de Balzac • Albert Keim and Louis Lumet

... advantage, and the surface may be left ridged up until the time arrives to level it for seeding. It will be obvious that this routine is of a somewhat costly character, but we are supposing the plantation is to remain for many years, making an abundant return for the first investment. Still we are bound to say that a capital supply for a moderate table may be obtained by preparing a piece of good ground in an open situation in a quite ordinary manner with one deep digging in winter, adding at the time some six inches or so of fat stable ...

— The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots, 16th Edition • Sutton and Sons

... defence resorted to by the garrison will, of course, be subordinate, in some degree, to those of attack. As soon as any danger of an investment is apprehended, the commanding general should collect into the place all the necessary provisions, forage, military munitions, &c., to be found in the surrounding country; all useless persons should be expelled from the garrison; a supply of timber for the works of the engineers and artillery, ...

— Elements of Military Art and Science • Henry Wager Halleck

... deuce!" Waythorn exclaimed. He saw in a flash what had happened. The investment was an alluring one, but required negotiation. He listened intently while Sellers put the case before him, and, the statement ended, he said: "You think I ought to ...

— The Descent of Man and Other Stories • Edith Wharton

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