investment

noun5

1. •
   money used to buy something that is expected to grow in value or bring in more money

   • An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens. — 1850
2. •
   The act of investing, or state of being invested.

   • Giving your children a good education is a wise long-term investment.
3. •
   The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
4. •
   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.
5. •
   (no longer used) A vestment.

   • Whose white investments figure innocence. — 1591