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invest someone's time in something

Fig. to put one's time, effort, or energy into a project. Mary invests her time in charity work. I invested five weeks of my time building this model ship.

See also: time

invest someone with something

to endow someone with something, such as power or privilege. The constitution invests the vice president with the authority to act on the president's behalf in certain conditions. The state has invested me with the authority to unite this couple in marriage.

invest something in someone or something

1. to put money, time, effort, etc., into someone or something, hoping for a return. We will invest time and effort in Fred and make him into a recording star. Sharon invested a lot of money in the stock market.

2. to place power or authority under control of someone or something. The constitution has invested certain powers in the federal government and left the rest to the states. The law invests the power to arrest criminals in the sheriffs department.

invest in someone or something

to put resources into someone or something in hopes of increasing the value of the person or thing. (The emphasis is on the act of investing.) We invested in Tom, and we have every right to expect a lot from him. She invested in junk bonds heavily.

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The survey reports that affluent African Americans are 58% more likely to be women, 28% more likely to be single or never married, and almost two times more likely to have $100,000 in investable assets between the ages of 30 and 49. On the money: black female investors represent an untapped market for ... by Hocker, Cliff / Black Enterprise Source: Tax Planning and the Affluent Investor and 2004 Affluent Investor, surveys of more than 500 affluent households with $500,000 or more in investable assets, Spectrem Group, Chicago, www. In whom the rich invests by Journal of Accountancy Initially; the company expects the majority of investable assets to come in the form of IRA rollovers, and MassMutual will use financial modeling software designed by eMoney Advisor to analyze data in real time and identify specific product opportunities to help achieve retirement-income goals, the company said. MassMutual ready to ride wave of retiring boomers by Best's Review More results

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The survey reports that affluent African Americans are 58% more likely to be women, 28% more likely to be single or never married, and almost two times more likely to have $100,000 in investable assets between the ages of 30 and 49.

On the money: black female investors represent an untapped market for ... by Hocker, Cliff / Black Enterprise

Source: Tax Planning and the Affluent Investor and 2004 Affluent Investor, surveys of more than 500 affluent households with $500,000 or more in investable assets, Spectrem Group, Chicago, www.

In whom the rich invests by Journal of Accountancy

Initially; the company expects the majority of investable assets to come in the form of IRA rollovers, and MassMutual will use financial modeling software designed by eMoney Advisor to analyze data in real time and identify specific product opportunities to help achieve retirement-income goals, the company said.

MassMutual ready to ride wave of retiring boomers by Best's Review

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