investment
/ɪnˈvestmənt/ nounDefinition
MONEY [C, U] › the money that you put in a bank, business, etc in order to make a profit, or the act of doing this: Businesses need to increase their investment in new technology.
FOR THE FUTURE [C] › something that you do or have, in order to have more in the future: Going to college is an investment in the future.
(Definition of investment noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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