OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 698

investment

/ɪnˈvɛstmənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
inversión
The act of investing, or state of being invested.
Giving your children a good education is a wise long-term investment.
insumo • inversión
A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.
Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe.[…]The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countr…
cerco
The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
In 1858, the Governor of Kuangsi applied for his services, but the Viceroy Tsêng Kuo-fan, under whom he had served for a number of years and who recognised his value, declined to p…
the investment of the fort
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