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What is the noun for investing?

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investment
  1. The act of investing, or state of being invested.
  2. (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
  3. That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
  4. (military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
  5. A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “The two young entrepreneurs are seeking a substantial investment that will help grow their business.”
      “The investment put in by the company into their new venture amounts to several million.”
      “His investment in the mining start-up didn't quite go as planned.”
investiture
  1. The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
  2. That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Following a karakia the group was allowed to go on to the site where the students were able to touch the investiture pillar Taumakeva.”
      “At his investiture, the novitiate describes being reduced to a skeleton by spirits who devour and then restore his flesh.”
      “The investiture conferred titles, responsibilities, and rewards, but it also entailed obedience.”
investorism
  1. An ideology that stresses the importance of investment for the health of the economy.
investee
  1. The business entity in which an investment is made.
  2. Examples:
    1. “A large gain on the exchange of debentures into shares of a forest products investee was offset by charges within our insurance operations.”
      “Gimv also functions as a relationship manager in its investee companies' contacts with local and foreign financial institutions.”
      “Effectively communicating impact and investee stories are also crucial to gathering assets.”
invest
  1. (meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.
investor
  1. A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “An investor must be induced by a potential investment return in order to give up a risk-free alternative like a Treasury bill.”
      “We are committed as an investor in the campaign in making sure that funds will be used to carry out projects and causes that we back transparently.”
      “It should not take an investor to tell the city fathers that the roads are run down and full of potholes.”
investure
  1. (obsolete) investiture; investment
investitures
  1. plural of investiture
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In London we attended the State Opening of Parliament, investitures at Buckingham Palace and went with the royal party to Royal Ascot.”
      “Honorary knighthoods for foreign citizens are occasionally presented at investitures at the Palace.”
      “This has been gradually taking place over the past few years, with the heir to the throne doing an increasing number of engagements and investitures.”
investments
  1. plural of investment
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It created a panic across central Europe, as investors rushed to the banks to retrieve their investments before these were frozen too.”
      “Is there no concept of duty that investments banks won't abrogate for profit?”
      “The region absorbs 18 percent of US exports and accounts for about 21 percent of US companies' overseas investments.”
investees
  1. plural of investee
investors
  1. plural of investor
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A weak dollar might turn off foreign investors and reduce critically needed overseas capital.”
      “On the other side sit large investors who acquire supplier assets at an attractive price.”
      “The other big fear among investors is that the deficits could be made worse by the policy of quantitative easing.”
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