invest
• verb 1 put money into financial schemes, shares, or property with the expectation of achieving a profit. 2 devote (time or energy) to an undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result. 3 (invest in) informal buy (something) whose usefulness will repay the cost. 4 (invest with) endow (someone or something) with (a quality or attribute). 5 confer (a rank or office) on. — DERIVATIVES investable (also investible) adjective investor noun. — ORIGIN originally in the sense clothe : from Latin investire, from vestire ‘clothe’; sense 1 is influenced by Italian investire.
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