In-vēst'ment, n.

n. 1. The action of investing.

2Sense 2. That with which any one is invested; a vestment; a robe.

Whose white investment figures innocence. Shak.

3Sense 3. (Mil.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force.

The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investment. Marshall.

4Sense 4. The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property, usually of a permanent nature.

Before the investment could be made, a change of the market might render it ineligible. Hamilton.