Category: EconomyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC

investimento

/investimento/Roman

English meaning: Investment

Definition

Allocation of resources to generate returns.

Usage — When, Where & How

Neutral to technical; common in finance, business, and economic news. Refers to financial investment and, by extension, investment of effort or time.

Common Collocations

  • investimento estrangeiro
  • retorno do investimento
  • atrair investimento
  • investimento público
  • fundo de investimento

Word Forms

m.; pl. investimentos

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Literary Heritage

“O dinheiro é uma corda com que nos enforcamos.”

“Money is a rope with which we hang ourselves.”

Eça de Queirós · Novelist · Late 19th century

O Crime do Padre Amaro

Eça de Queirós, The Crime of Father Amaro (O Crime do Padre Amaro, 1875), Ch. 18

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