canny |
1. adj. Careful, prudent, cautious. | |
The politician gave a canny response to the reporter's questions. | |
2. adj. Knowing, shrewd, astute. | |
The canny lawyer knew just how to get what he wanted. | |
3. adj. Frugal, thrifty. | |
canny investments | |
4. adj. (Scotland, Northumbria) Pleasant, fair, favorable or agreeable to deal with. | |
She's a canny lass hor like! | |
5. adj. (Scotland, Northumbria) Gentle, quiet, steady. | |
a canny horse; be canny with this letter | |
6. adv. (Northumbria) Very, considerably; quite, rather. | |
That's a canny big horse, man! | |
a canny long journey; canny near home | |
7. adv. (Scotland, Northumbria) Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully. | |
he sits very canny; drive canny | |
investments |
1. n. plural of investment | |
investment |
1. n. The act of investing, or state of being invested. | |
2. n. (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation. | |
3. n. (obsolete) A vestment. | |
4. n. (military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. | |
5. n. A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze. | |