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Definition of: investment
(in·vest′mənt) noun
1. The placing of money, capital, or other resources to gain a profit, as in interest.
2. That which is invested.
3. That in which one invests.
4. Investiture.
5. Biol. An outer covering.
6. Archaic Clothing; a garment.
7. Mil. The surrounding of a fort or town by an enemy force to create a state of siege; a blockade.
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