1 ~ (sth) (in sth) to buy property, shares in a company, etc. in the hope of making a profit:
[V] Now is a good time to invest in the property market. * [VN] He invested his life savings in his daughter's business.
2 ~ (sth) (in / on sth) (of an organization or government, etc.) to spend money on sth in order to make it better or more successful:
[V] The government has invested heavily in public transport. * [VN] The college has invested $2 million on a new conference hall. [also VNtoinf]
3 ~ sth (in sth / in doing sth) to spend time, energy, effort, etc. on sth that you think is good or useful:
[VN] She had invested all her adult life in the relationship. [also VN-ing]
4 [VN] ~ sb (with sth)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for invest is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is invest a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, invest is tagged as verb.
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