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noun

investing

the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

In a sentence

Six example sentences with investing, each labelled with its topic.

  • The club treated investing in a new training facility as a way to attract free agents for a decade.

    Basketball

  • Investing in the small harbor hotel paid off once the ferry route opened and summer bookings tripled.

    Travel

  • Investing in the pressing plant seemed reckless until vinyl sales climbed, and the owners recovered their money within three years.

    Music

  • Investing a little each month from her first paycheck mattered more than any clever stock pick she made later.

    Finance

  • Investing in a startup means accepting that most of them fail, so the fund spreads its money across forty companies.

    Startups

  • Business investing falls sharply in a recession, since firms stop buying machines when they cannot sell what they already make.

    Economics

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