different between investment vs malinvestment

English

Etymology

invest +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?v?stm?nt/, /?n?v?sm?nt/

Noun

investment (countable and uncountable, plural investments)

1. The act of investing, or state of being invested.

2. (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.

   Antonym: divestment

   • An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.
3. (obsolete) A vestment.
4. (military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
   • 1875, John Howard Hinton, History of the United States of America, from the First Settlement

     the investment of the fort

5. 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.

Translations

References

• investment at OneLook Dictionary Search
• investment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

mal- +? investment

Noun

malinvestment (countable and uncountable, plural malinvestments)

1. An incorrect or unwise investment.

Related terms

• malinvest

See also

• misinvestment