Investment
See: Time Investment, Energy Investment, Asset Investment, Financial Investment/Capital Investment, Investing in Humanity.
References
2020
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/investment#Noun
- The act of investing, or state of being invested.
Giving your children a good education is a wise long-term investment.
- (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
Antonym: divestment
- The act of investing, or state of being invested.
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/investment Retrieved:2014-6-22.
- Investment is time, energy, or matter spent in the hope of future benefits actualized within a specified date or time frame. Investment has different meanings in economics and finance.
In economics, investment is the accumulation of newly produced physical entities, such as factories, machinery, houses, and goods inventories.
In finance, investment is putting money into an asset with the expectation of capital appreciation, dividends, and/or interest earnings. This may or may not be backed by research and analysis. Most or all forms of investment involve some form of risk, such as investment in equities, property, and even fixed interest securities which are subject, among other things, to inflation risk. It is indispensable for project investors to identify and manage the risks related to the investment.
- Investment is time, energy, or matter spent in the hope of future benefits actualized within a specified date or time frame. Investment has different meanings in economics and finance.