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investment n. (1)投资；投资资本；投资金额 指投入货币或其他财产以从其使用中获取收益；如以从其使用中获得利润为目的而贷出资金，购买具有或多或少长期性质的证券，或将金钱或其他财产投放于工商企业或房地产等，以期在将来获得收益。以诈骗为目的引诱他人投资构成犯罪。 (→investment contract) (2)授权(仪式)；授职(仪式)；授勋(仪式) (3)授予封地占有权(→investiture)
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investment
investment. 1. An expenditure to acquire property or assets to produce revenue; a capital outlay. [Cases: Contracts 193.] fixed-dollar investment. An investment whose value is the same when sold as it was when purchased. • Examples are bonds held to maturity, certain government securities, and savings accounts. fixed-income investment. An investment (including preferred stock) that