invest

/ɪnˈvest/ verb

Translation

MONEY [I, T] › to give money to a bank, business, etc, or buy something, because you hope to get a profit

yatırım yapmak

He's invested over a million pounds in the city's waterfront restoration project.1411

TIME/EFFORT [T] › to use a lot of time, effort, or emotions because you want to succeed

(zaman, çaba, duygu vb.) harcamak, sarf etmek

I think she invests too much time and energy in her career.1860

invest in sth phrasal verb

› to buy something because you think it will be useful

yatırım amaçlı satın almak

Dad's decided to invest in a computer.2106

(Definition of invest verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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