invested

[invested]

When you invest, you put time or money into something, hoping that there will be returns greater than what was originally put in.

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Adjective S.
officially endowed with authority or power; "by the Constitution...the president is invested with certain...powers"- John Marshall


imp. & p. p.
of Invest


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Usage Examples

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.

I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time - the anti-war movement, the civil rights movement. I worked on Bobby Kennedy's campaign for president as a teenager in California and the night he was killed.

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

The key to making money is to stay invested.

I have too much money invested in sweaters.

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Other Usage Examples

I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met so many people whose music I cannot stand, and they're very nice. At the same time, I've met people whose music I've loved, and they're not the person you've invested all this emotion in.

If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in landscape restoration, we would be in a far more positive position. It may get a little dire before we pull together, but I think when the prosperous nations, and in particular the U.S., realize they're wrecking their own kids' lives, there will be a mass change in value.

I've become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what I'm actually doing and what I actually deserve.

The amount of speculation surrounding my romantic life is astounding. It's strange how involved people get: invested and angry, really disappointed.

'Vegas' was something very close to me. I had such a blast doing that. I'm still a little upset that we never really got to shoot that final episode. So many people were invested in it. I'll always be sad about that.

A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.

Like everybody, I have invested in things that have gone bad, because there's never any guarantee of success or profit when it comes to money.

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.

A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.

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