transitive. To increase (one's income); to spend or invest (money) so as to make a profit; esp. to lend at interest. Also in figurative context…

transitive. To employ (money or capital) in trading; to lay out, invest, trade with; to deal in. Obsolete.

transitive. To pay out (money) with the expectation of profit; to lend at interest; to invest. In later use also: to expend, spend.

To venture (money) in other ways. Obsolete.

To apply or commit (money) to some end, and related uses. transitive. With in or into. To invest (money, etc.).

To invest (money). Also with in, out. Obsolete.

transitive. To invest (money) in an asset; to commit (resources) to a proposition for future profit.

transitive. To put (a thing) in a suitable or desirable place for a certain purpose; spec. (a) to lend out (money or funds) at interest; to invest…

transitive. = invest, v. 8a. Now rare or Obsolete.

transitive. To invest (a sum of money); spec. to invest (money) in government securities (see fund, n.1 3b). Obsolete.

transferred and figurative; esp. To invest (money) in a commercial undertaking; to involve (a person) in an enterprise. †Also reflexive = sense 3b 4.

transitive. To pay out, expend (money), esp. with the expectation of profit; to invest; †to lend at interest (obsolete). Also figurative. Cf. to pu…