investment: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 15 letter points · starts with I · ends with T
Meaning of investment
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of investing, or state of being invested.
Example: Giving your children a good education is a wise long-term investment.
- countable, uncountable
A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
- countable, uncountable
The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
- countable, uncountable
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.
Listed forms: investments.
Source: Wiktionary — investment.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for investment.
noun
the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
noun
money that is invested with an expectation of profit
- investment funds
noun
the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is investment in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of investment
I(1) + N(1) + V(4) + E(1) + S(1) + T(1) + M(3) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 15 points.
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Anagrams of investment
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from investment
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