beleggen

From Middle Dutch beleggen. Equivalent to be- +‎ leggen.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈlɛɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧leg‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɛɣən

beleggen

1. (transitive) to cover, smear, butter, spread over (e.g. a piece of bread with butter and jam)
2. (transitive, finance) to invest money
3. (transitive) to convoke, to call a meeting
4. (transitive) to belay, to fasten (a rope), to fasten (with rope)
5. (transitive) to cover with
6. (transitive, obsolete) to plan, to devise

• beleg
• belegger
• belegging

• Afrikaans: belê