Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

long-term investment

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables
long-ter-m in-vest-ment
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the practice of buying and holding a security, portfolio or investment strategy for a term of longer than one year.

Questions

What does long-term investment mean?
the practice of buying and holding a security, portfolio or investment strategy for a term of longer than one year.

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