| NOUN | act | investing, investment | the act of investing |
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| Sounds | ihnveh'stihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit. | |
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| Synonym | investment | |
| Category of | bull | try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying |
| buy into | buy stocks or shares of a company | |
| pyramid | enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts | |
| subscribe | offer to buy, as of stocks and shares | |
| Narrower | arbitrage | A kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price |
| foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) | |
| leverage, leveraging | investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | |
| Broader | finance | The commercial activity of providing funds and capital |
| Spanish | inversión | |
| Catalan | inversió | |
| Verbs | invest | make an investment |
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