1. (n.) The act of investing, or the state of being invested.

2. (n.) That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.

3. (n.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.

4. (n.) The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested.

accouterment aerial tactics airborne tactics appanage apparel applied tactics armament armored tactics array attire barrier tactics bedizenment beleaguerment besiegement blockade blockading catering cavalry tactics chandlery clothes clothing costume defensive strategy diversion dot dower dowry drapery dress dressing duds empowerment enablement encirclement encompassment endowment envelopment equipment fashion fatigues feathers feint fig finding fire tactics fitting out foundation furnishing furnishment garb garments gear guise habiliment habit infantry tactics infiltration investiture jointure legal jointure linen logistics marriage portion mob tactics mobile tactics outfitting pincer movement pincers movement plunge portion preparation prime investment procurement providing provision provisioning purveyance rags raiment reinforcement replenishment resupply retailing risk robes selling settlement shock tactics siege speculation sportswear strategy style subsidization subsidy subvention supply supplying tactics thirds threads togs toilette trim venture vertical envelopment vestment vesture victualing wear wearing apparel