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invest English

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invest Verb

— If you invest your money, you use your money to make more money. IBM may invest new money in the company. If you invested heavily in Internet companies in the 90s, you made a lot of money. — If you invest in something, you spend time or money to make it better. The province has invested $20 million to improve transportation in cities. She invested all her spare time to make her small business succeed. — If you invest someone with a power, you give it to them. — If something invests someone with a quality, it makes them appear to have that quality. His white hair invested him with a sense of intelligence.

invest

— verb (= put) make an investment Put money into bonds — verb (= endow) give qualities or abilities to — verb furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors — verb (= vest) provide with power and authority They vested the council with special rights — verb (= induct) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy

Synonyms invest synonyms

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Topics invest topics

What do people use invest to talk about?
Work and occupation Finance Have wealth

Store wealth

  • What words are used of saving wealth?
    save invest
Work and occupation Finance Borrow

Lend

Conjugation invest conjugation

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invest · verb

Examples invest examples

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Simple sentences

Our advice is that the company invest in new equipment.
The government should invest more money in industry.
We need to invest in clean, renewable energy.
The government should invest more money in agriculture.
I like to invest money in interesting projects.
I'm going to invest money in this business.
Does our country need to invest in alternative energies?
How much money do you plan to invest in government bonds?

Movie subtitles

Because we invest our very souls in it.
I shall invest you with a sacred mission.
Invest wisely, safely at least.
Maybe we invest 6 men. Maybe we save 600.
He wants to invest in something else.
He now claims that the only safe place on earth is South America. He has unilaterally set in motion a plan to move all his dependents to Brazil and has announced that he will invest all his resources to this end.
You wanna invest?
I invest in a few beers with the right people.
To the drug store, to invest in a malted.
I hereby invest you with the Royal Carpathian Order of Perseverance.
You might take me along as a partner if I was willing to invest some money.
It's called scattering your risk. You invest in different places.
Oh, you invest in shows?
To invest again with dignity.
We plan to invest.
Come, come, Peloponnesius. You don't mean that you'll let me invest some of my money in your screen offerings?
I let you invest for all money.
Perhaps you are unaware that the articles of war invest in me the authority to order punishment.
He wanted an interview with Fremont. - He has money to invest in a play.
I will invest my money where at least one man ain't a lunatic.
It was my duty to invest the money, The law says, in government securities, First mortgages, and certain other preferred stock.
Maybe we invest 6 men.
Yes. But teachers must invest in clothing.
Well, if that means will I invest in him in spite of what I've seen of his mills, no.
I'll invest.
Go to the nearest phone booth and invest a dime on the rest of your life. Dial Madison 60025.
This time invest in something secure, like English, or American notes.
Because you robbed and murdered Lia Leid in order to invest in the stock market.
He would invest it for me in his affairs. and return it to me upon my majority.
Invest them in something less secure perhaps, but far more profitable.. And within the year we would..
I will invest 20,000 francs and you shall stand in for half.
Only what I heard in the walls that he has money to invest and that the way to get to him is through you.
You know, I'd be happy to invest part of my fee.
Dare we invest a bullet in some fresh meat?
Daughters, one of 'em married to a high-Class broker. who knows how to invest their money more wisely.
Go to the nearest phone booth and invest a dime on the rest of your life.
They'd have to invest time, deal with problems, lie to their families, even be charming and imaginative.
Want to invest?
But still, I would not invest into this lamp.

News and current affairs

Usually, low interest rates lead firms to borrow more to invest more, and greater indebtedness is matched by more productive assets.
The result of all of this is likely to be a long-term decline of US power and prosperity, because Americans no longer invest collectively in their common future.
America's advantages in the G-Zero world afford it the chance to invest in the future.
Record-low interest rates in 2001, 2002 and 2003 did not lead Americans to invest more - there was already excess capacity.
Only businesses that can borrow long-term now, lock in a low real interest rate, and invest in expanding their capacity can make the domestic bet that interest rates will rise.
President Barack Obama has offered numerous proposals to invest in the foundations of national competitiveness, but Congressional Republicans have rebuffed them, claiming that the US faces an impending fiscal crisis.
On the one hand, the US government must invest more to promote economic competitiveness.
With deposit insurance, clients who no longer risk losing their money have no incentive to monitor their bank, while banks, with no one watching, have incentives to invest in excessively risky projects.
On top of all this, there is a shadow financial system of non-bank financial institutions that, like banks, borrow short and liquid and lend to or invest in longer-term and illiquid assets.
Recently, a desire for greater political respect has spurred Islamic nations to invest in technology, which is most visible in Pakistani and Iranian nuclear ambitions.
Their absence makes it difficult to invest too large amounts of money in Russian securities.
The only rational course of action would seem to be to curtail global consumption of fossil fuels, as the Kyoto Treaty's proponents contend, and invest in alternative energy sources.
They would rather sell their oil and invest later, when prices are higher, so they restrain increases in supply.
Some developing countries - Israel, Korea, and Taiwan - also invest heavily in higher education and scientific research.
In other words, if your trust in the market and in the way it is regulated fell sharply, you were less likely to deposit money in banks or invest in stocks.
To arrive at an informed answer, we need to work out how the planet will look in 2100 if we invest different amounts in adaptation and carbon cuts.
The Japan Investment Bank's decision to invest in port development in Burma - essential if the economy, too, is to be opened - is one positive sign that the world will keep pace with Thein Sein step for step.
If the international community is going to invest in a bold new public-relations initiative, it might as well focus on areas where the potential payoffs are the greatest.
Instead, political leaders must use these windfalls to invest in innovation, promote sustainable businesses, and encourage new patterns of decent, long-lasting employment.
Indeed, the catastrophes in Japan might finally achieve what decades of conflict in the Middle East have not: compel governments to invest in the research required to develop viable energy alternatives.
The US can not legally market Iraqi oil, much less invest in new fields, until the old UN sanctions against Iraq are lifted.
And the higher marginal tax rates would reduce incentives to work and to invest, further impeding economic activity.
But small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) - the majority of firms in both Latin America and Europe - find it difficult to trade and invest at international level, in part because of high transaction and information costs.
Tighter credit rationing will then further hamper the ability of households and firms to borrow, spend, invest, and sustain economic growth.

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