different between spent vs investment

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

spent (not comparable)

1. Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.

   a spent cartridge

2. Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.

Related terms

• spent force

Translations

Verb

spent

1. simple past tense and past participle of spend

Derived terms

• ill-spent

Anagrams

• Pents, pents

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb spenne

Adjective

spent (neuter singular spent, definite singular and plural spente)

1. tense

   en spent situasjon - a tense situation

Etymology 2

Verb

spent

1. past participle of spenne

References

• “spent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb spenne

Adjective

spent (neuter singular spent, definite singular and plural spente)

1. tense

References

• “spent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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.