English-French translations for investment

• investissement
  Il s'agit d'un investissement majeur. This is quite a major investment.
  Cet investissement pour l'avenir est indispensable. This investment in the future is vital.
  Y a-t-il davantage d'investissements en Espagne? Is there more investment in Spain?
• placement
  Elles sont un placement pour l'avenir de la collectivité dans son ensemble. It is investment for the future of society as a whole.
  Elles sont un placement pour l'avenir de la collectivité dans son ensemble. It is an investment for the future of the collectivity as a whole.
  La seconde partie a pour objet les organismes de placement. The other concerns the collective investment undertakings.

Definition of investment

• The act of investing, or state of being invested
• A vestment
• The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded
• 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

Related words

• reinvestment
• overinvestment
• disinvestment
• investment in kind
• investment portfolio
• investment bank
• investment dealer
• investment income
• investment fund