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backer, banker, capitalist,

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in⋅vest

[in-vest]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.

2.	to use (money), as in accumulating something: to invest large sums in books.

3.	to use, give, or devote (time, talent, etc.), as for a purpose or to achieve something: He invested a lot of time in helping retarded children.

4.	to furnish with power, authority, rank, etc.: The Constitution invests the president with the power of veto.

5.	to furnish or endow with a power, right, etc.; vest: Feudalism invested the lords with absolute authority over their vassals.

6.	to endow with a quality or characteristic: to invest a friend with every virtue.

7.	to infuse or belong to, as a quality or characteristic: Goodness invests his every action.

8.	Metallurgy. to surround (a pattern) with an investment.

9.	to provide with the insignia of office.

10.	to install in an office or position.

11.	to clothe, attire, or dress.

12.	to cover, adorn, or envelop: Spring invests the trees with leaves.

13.	to surround (a place) with military forces or works so as to prevent approach or escape; besiege.

–verb (used without object)

14.	to invest money; make an investment: to invest in oil stock.

Origin:
1525–35; < ML investīre to install, invest (money), surround, clothe in, L: to clothe in, equiv. to in- in- ² + vestīre to clothe, deriv. of vestis garment; see vest

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Language Translation for : investor

Spanish:

inversor,

German:

der Kapitalanleger,

Japanese:

投資家

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in·vest   (ĭn-věst') Pronunciation Key
v.   in·vest·ed, in·vest·ing, in·vests

v.   tr.

To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return: invested their savings in stocks and bonds.
1. To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit: invested much time and energy in getting a good education.
2. To devote morally or psychologically, as to a purpose; commit: "Men of our generation are invested in what they do, women in what we are" (Shana Alexander).
To endow with authority or power.
To install in office with ceremony: invest a new emperor.
To endow with an enveloping or pervasive quality: "A charm invests a face/Imperfectly beheld" (Emily Dickinson).
To clothe; adorn.
To cover completely; envelop.
To surround with troops or ships; besiege. See Synonyms at besiege.

v. intr.
To make investments or an investment: invest in real estate.

[From Italian investire and from French investir, both from Latin investīre, to clothe, surround : in-, in; see in-² + vestīre, to clothe (from vestis, clothes; see wes-² in Indo-European roots).]

in·vest'a·ble adj., in·ves'tor n.