Originally Posted by
Richard8655
Investment in the sense that one would invest in one's health. Call that an expense, but I think of it as investment.
What "invest" used to mean was to put money to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
Marketers coopted the term to describe whatever it is they happen to be selling. Now anything and everything is an investment.