Meaning & use
investment group
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Meanings
nouncountable
A company or organization that invests money in businesses or assets on behalf of its members or clients.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'an investment group' or 'several investment groups'.
Patterns
- an investment group invests in something
- join an investment group
- lead an investment group
The startup was bought by a large investment group based in Singapore.
She works for an investment group that focuses on renewable energy.
Several investment groups have shown interest in the new airport project.
nouncountable
A number of people who pool their money together to make investments, often informally.
Grammar: Also countable, but here it refers to people rather than a formal company.
Patterns
- form an investment group
- an investment group of friends
My neighbors formed an investment group to buy rental property together.
The investment group meets monthly to decide where to put their savings.
Word forms
| plural | investment groups |
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Common combinations
- private investment group
- A private investment group purchased the hotel chain.
- real estate investment group
- The real estate investment group owns offices in three cities.
- investment group backed by
- The fund is an investment group backed by several banks.
- join an investment group
- He decided to join an investment group to learn about stocks.
Synonyms and how they differ
- investment firm
- Similar, but 'firm' suggests a professional company, while 'group' can be looser or informal.
- fund
- A fund is a pool of money; an investment group is the organization that manages or holds it.
- consortium
- A consortium is a group of companies working together, often for one large project, not necessarily for investing.
Word family
- invest verb
- To put money into something to make a profit.
- investor noun
- A person who invests money.
- investment noun
- The act of investing money or the money invested.
Commonly confused: investment group or investment bank?
investment group vs investment bank
An investment bank helps companies raise money and trade securities; an investment group mainly invests its own or its clients' money.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'investment group' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Formed an investment group' means they created an organization to invest together. Option An is wrong because you 'make an investment', not 'make an investment group'. Option C uses the noun as a verb. Option D is wrong because an investment group is a business organization, not a hobby.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “investment group”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.