"invested"

[dowie]

You've highlighted it yourself - value is subjective. Monetary value is just one metric.

exactly

with the op's example of investing money into something which is later sold - you'll maybe find this with cars - if you're restoring a classic car you may well invest some funds into it for which you'd not expect to see a financial profit.

...presumably then the wife gets pregnant, a classic sports car is pushed down on the list of priorities and eventually sold as the cash is now needed for other things - a financial loss may well be made but the return was from the use of and enjoyment of owning the car and getting it running again etc...

 

[Monkeynut]

I have invested in a mchicken mcburger for lunch, the gross profit index is sufficently reasonable as dictated by the break even and the share price is cost efficient according to the net profit resulting in the capital investment of premium bonds allocated to the shareholders thusly as shown by the mcdonalds tax rate diminishing thusly resulting in gross profit margins allocating the break even and decreasing net profit thusly.

Another Scotch?

 

[Saundie]

why not just pay me directly?

I don't trust you to adhere to the contract