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What is the verb for investment?

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invest
  1. To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
  2. (dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
  3. (obsolete) To put on (clothing).
  4. To envelop, wrap, cover.
  5. To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
  6. To ceremonially install someone in some office.
  7. To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
  8. To formally give (power or authority).
  9. To surround, accompany, or attend.
  10. To lay siege to.
  11. (intransitive) To make investments.
  12. (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
  13. Synonyms:
  14. Examples:
    1. “Investors invest in stocks for hoping for an appreciation in price over time.”
      “Not only did the company invest money in the campaign, but it was also actually responsible for writing the ballot proposition.”
      “Contributors invest great effort in the project, and they invest equally in the presentation because they want their colleagues to give serious consideration to their work.”
investure
  1. (obsolete) To clothe; to invest.
investures
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of investure
invests
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invest
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “If you agree with this, it demands that any version 1.0 project invests energy in understanding what will be improved on.”
      “The high retention rate is also partly due to the time, care, and expense the company invests in recruiting.”
      “While she hints at the demons in Maya's past, she invests little intelligence or pluck in the character.”
investeth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invest
investured
  1. simple past tense and past participle of investure
investest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of invest
invested
  1. simple past tense and past participle of invest
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A contrary view might emphasize that the market makers have invested vast amounts to stay ahead in the race for information.”
      “I'm not invested in the authenticity or fakery of the box one way or t'other.”
      “We bicker because we love each other to bits and we're both invested in knowledge even when we think the other nutso.”
investuring
  1. present participle of investure
investing
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