beleggen

Meaning

1. (transitive) to cover, smear, butter, spread over (e.g. a piece of bread with butter and jam)
2. (transitive) 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. (obsolete,transitive) to plan, to devise

Concepts

cover

cause

invest

cause to take place

hold

organize

provoke

stage

give rise to

inflict

pose

result in

wreak

back

coat

lag

overlay

plate

protect

wrap up

lay

identify

locate

position

set

situate

spot

act as agent

act as go-between

deliver

get

procure

provide

purvey

supply

face

belay

bespread

assemble

convene

Hyphenated as

be‧leg‧gen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bəˈlɛɣə(n)/

Etymology

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