How to spell investment

Investment is spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-M-E-N-T. Invest + ment: keep the T of invest, so the T sits right before the M.

hear itin·vest·ment/ɪn'vɛstmənt/nounLong vowels

What it means: Money put into something expecting a profit.

In a sentence: My piggy bank is an investment because it helps me save money.

Same family: invest, investor, investing, reinvestment. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "investment" comes from the Latin root "vestire," meaning "to clothe" or "to dress." In early use, it referred to being "clothed" with power or authority, and later came to mean putting money into something and "covering" it with capital in hopes of profit.

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