📖 investment

noun

1. the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
2. the act of putting on robes or vestments
3. the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
4. outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism

See also: investitureinvesting

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