In*vest"ment (?), n.
1. The act
of investing, or the state of
being invested.
2.
That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
Whose white investments
figure innocence.
Shak.
3. (Mil.) The act of surrounding, blocking
up, or besieging by an armed force, or the
state of being so surrounded.
The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its
investments.
Marshall. 4.
The laying out of money
in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of
money invested, or that in which
money is invested.
Before the
investment could
be made, a change of the
market might render it ineligible.
A.
Hamilton. An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.
Hawthorne.
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