different between authorise vs invest
authorise
English
Pronunciation
Verb
authorise (third-person singular simple present authorises, present participle authorising, simple past and past participle authorised)
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.
Anagrams
- thioureas
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invest
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?n?v?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French investir or Medieval Latin investire, from Latin investio (“to clothe, cover”), from in- (“in, on”) + vestio (“to clothe, dress”), from vestis (“clothing”); see vest. The sense “to spend money etc.” probably via Italian investire, of the same root.
Verb
invest (third-person singular simple present invests, present participle investing, simple past and past participle invested)
- To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- (transitive, dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
- (intransitive, obsolete) To put on (clothing).
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- To formally give (power or authority).
- To surround, accompany, or attend.
- To lay siege to.
- (intransitive) To make investments.
- (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
- (intransitive) To be involved in; to form strong attachments to.
Synonyms
- (put on clothing): beclothe, don, dress; see also Thesaurus:clothe
- (lay siege to): besiege
Antonyms
- (clothe): divest
- (give): divest
- (commit funds): disinvest, divest
Derived terms
Related terms
- divest
- vest
- vestibule
- vestment
- vesture
Translations
Etymology 2
From investigate, by shortening
Noun
invest (plural invests)
- (meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.
References
Anagrams
- ventis
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- what investments pay dividends
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- what investments are tax deductible
- what investments have the highest return
- what investment has the highest return
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