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What is an investment?

What is an investment? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act of investing, or state of being invested.
  2. (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
  3. That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
  4. (military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
  5. A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze.
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The company's costs have risen dramatically thanks to its investment in 300 mm wafer fabs.
I think ultimately this has served as a real wake-up call to the investment community and to the average investor.
See, with property investment, you can be an absolute moron and you can still make money.
Now, this might appear to be a time to play things strictly by the book in order to protect your biggest lifetime investment.
However, the company doesn't want to abandon the practice, and hopes new technology will improve the return on investment.
The outcome of a game where there is no personal investment is usually of academic interest.

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