Investment is time, energy, or matter spent in the hope of future benefits actualized within a specified date or time frame.
Investment may also refer to:
Economics Investment (macroeconomics) Fixed investment, investment in physical assets such as machinery, land, buildings, installations, vehicles, or technology Inventory investment, the accumulation of unsold goods
Other uses Parental investment, any parental expenditure (e.g. time, energy, resources) that benefits offspring Investment (military), the military tactic of surrounding an enemy fort (or town) with armed forces to prevent entry or escape Investment (film), a 2013 Marathi film Investment casting, an industrial process based on and also called lost-wax casting, one of the oldest known metal-forming techniques Cathexis, also known as investment, a psychoanalytic term describing an investment of libido
See also Invest (disambiguation)