invest

Definition

  • verb: to use money to earn more money
  • verb: to array in the symbols of office or honor
  • verb: to commit (money) in order to earn a financial return
  • often + 'in'
  • synonyms: clothe, dress, array

Examples

  • ('chiefly US') She is 'deeply invested in' this project [=she has given a lot of time and effort to this project and cares about it very much] and wants it to succeed.

  • The promotion 'invested' her 'with' confidence. [=made her confident]

  • The emperor claimed to be 'invested with' power by the gods.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and offered me a fine job. So I never went back to work for Lieutenant Dan, though he did take care of my Bubba-Gump money. He got me invested in some kind of fruit company. I got a call from him saying we don't have to worry about money no more, and I said, "That's good. One less thing." (..)
    1994 Forrest Gump
  • (..) You're reading these cool things, I got to go work. Life is so unfair. Ugh. What can we do. We only got capital that'll last a month maybe two. If we can't find investors by then, we're gonna have to lay people off. Mom. Dad. Come kiss me good night. - I know. I know. We got to land (..)
    2015 Inside Out