invest
verb [I or T] /ɪnˈvest/Definition
1. Definition
2. Practise
B2 to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage: The institute will invest five million in the project. He's not certain whether to invest in the property market. You have all invested significant amounts of time and energy in making this project the success that it is.Investing money
(Definition of invest verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- back verb (SUPPORT)
- backer noun
- backing noun (SUPPORT)
- capitalize verb (MONEY)
- deposit noun (MONEY)
- endow verb
- hedge fund noun
- investment noun
- investor noun
- inward adjective (MONEY)
- pay sth in phrasal verb
- pension plan noun
- plough sth into sth phrasal verb
- protect verb
- pump sth into sth phrasal verb
- sink sth into sth phrasal verb
- speculate verb (TRADE)
- speculator noun
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