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investing 音標拼音: [ɪnv'ɛstɪŋ] 熔模鑄造 熔模鑄造 investing n 1: the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit [ synonym: { investing}, { investment}] Invest \ In* vest"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Invested}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Investing}.] [ L. investire, investitum; pref. in- in vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See { Vest}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to { divest}. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To put on. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Can not find one this girdle to invest. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate. [ 1913 Webster] I do invest you jointly with my power. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To surround, accompany, or attend. [ 1913 Webster] Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt. -- Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To confer; to give. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] It investeth a right of government. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Mil.) To inclose; to surround or hem in with troops, so as to intercept reinforcements of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town. [ 1913 Webster] 7. To lay out ( money or capital) in business with the view of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock. [ 1913 Webster] 8. Hence: To expend ( time, money, or other resources) with a view to obtaining some benefit of value in excess of that expended, or to achieve a useful pupose; as, to invest a lot of time in teaching one' s children. [ PJC]
investing \ investing\ n. the act or process of expending resources, especially money, to achieve rewards. Syn: investment. [ WordNet 1. 5]
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