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Word of the Day - Investment

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  Investment  ih n v eh s t m ax n t putting money into some project or venture to make a profit I am going to make an investment in your company noun the  investing  of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value. a particular instance or mode of  investing . a thing  invested  in, as a business, a quantity of shares of stock, etc. something that is  invested ; sum  invested . the act or fact of  investing  or state of being  invested , as with a garment. a devoting, using, or giving of time, talent, emotional energy, etc., as for a purpose or to achieve something: Synonyms for investment on Thesaurus.com Asset, contribution, expenditure, expense, finance, financing, grant , loan , money , property , purchase , stake , transaction . venture Dictionary Entries near investment invest in investitive investiture investment investment bank investment banker investment casting First known use
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Word of the Day - Multiplexing

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  Word of the Day - Multiplexing Multiplexing  m ah l t ih p l eh k s ih ng is a way of sending many signals over a comms link at the same time We can more efficiently send the message by multiplexing it. Definition Verb transitive verb to send (messages or signals) by a multiplex system intransitive verb to multiplex messages or signals Synonyms for multiplexing on Thesaurus.com numerous ,  different ,  various ,  complicated ,  convoluted ,  cinema ,  movie house ,  manifold ,  motley ,  collective ,  conglomerate ,  legion ,  composite ,  compound ,  multiple ,  mosaic ,  diverse ,  heterogeneous ,  indiscriminate ,  many Dictionary Entries near multiplexing multiple-valued multiple voting multiple watermark multiplex multipliable multiplicable multiplicand First known use from Latin: having many folds, from multi- + plicāre to fold  
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Speaking better English - Alliteration

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Alliteration is when words  start with the same sound: Sometimes these are in tongue twisters She sells sea shells on the sea shore Alliteration also works well with product names like Coca-Cola,  Dunkin' Donuts  and Krispy Kreme Some names also use alliteration and to me probably some of the most memorable are Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny and Wonder Woman. Quite a few peoples names are Alliterations, Kim Kardashian, Lois Lane, Marilyn Monroe and Ronald Reagan. Sometimes when speaking we put Alliterations in to emphasize something, but it is not common in spoken English Many well known phases are examples of Alliteration: Busy as a bee, Dead as a doornail, Give up the ghost, Good as gold and Home sweet home and of course these are regularly  used in spoken English.
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Word of the Day - Withering

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 Word of the Day Withering Withering w ih dh ax r ih ng To make someone feel humiliated to lose the freshness of youth, as from age (often followed by  away). I gave Jack a withering look Noun The action of becoming dry and shrivelled Adjective To make someone feel mortified or humiliated Synonyms for withering on Thesaurus.com wrinkle  shrink dry decline languish droop waste humiliate shame Dictionary Entries near withering   white yolk, whitey wood, white zinfandel, whithering, whitherso, whithersoever, whitherto First known use First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, perhaps variant of  weather  (verb)
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Word of the Day - Gazette

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Word of the Day gazette Gazette  g ax z eh t A Journal or Newspaper I read in the Hemel Gazette that the weather for the next month was to be wet and windy Noun A Journal or Newspaper Verb To announce or publish something in an official gazette Synonyms for gazette on Thesaurus.com periodical newspaper publication Dictionary Entries near gazette gazebo ,  gazehound ,  gazelle ,  gazelle hound ,  gaze nystagmus ,  gazette,  gazetted officer ,  gazetteer ,  Gaziantep ,  gazillion ,  gazillionaire First known use 1595–1605; <French <Italian  gazzetta<Venetian  gazeta, originally a coin (the price of the paper), diminutive of  gaza magpie
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Word of the Day - Serendipity

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Word of the Day Serendipity  s eh r ax n d ih p ih t iy A Happy or Lucky Accident - something unexpectedly good happened   Definition Noun an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. Example It was pure serendipity how I manged to find my lost watch Synonyms for Serendipity on  Thesaurus.com fluke happenstance blessing break luck dumb luck good luck happy chance lucky break stumbling upon tripping over   Dictionary Entries near  serendipity Seremban ,  Serena ,  serenade ,  serenata ,  serendipitous ,  serendipity ,  serendipity berry ,  serene ,  Serengeti ,  serenity ,  Sereth First known use 18th Century: Coined  by Horace Walpole, from the Persian fairy tale  The Three Princes of Serendip,  in which the heroes possess this gift  
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Word of the Day - Sequestration

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  Word of the Day - Sequestration Sequestration s iy k w eh s t r ey sh ax n Every year on April 22nd we celebrate Climate Day and we talk about words that are particular to this theme. One of the words that comes up is that of carbon sequestration.   Noun The action of taking legal possession of assets until a debt has been paid or other claims met If such court injunctions are ignored, sequestration of trade union assets will follow   · removal or separation; banishment or exile. · a withdrawal into seclusion; retirement. · segregation from others; isolation: · sequestration of jurors during a trial. · the sequestering of property. · confiscation or seizure. · Chemistry. The combining of metallic ions with a suitable reagent into a stable, soluble complex in order to prevent the ions from combining with a substance with which they would otherwise have formed an insoluble precipitate, from causing interference in a particular reaction, or from acting as und
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