investor
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)//
- Canada//ɪnˈvɛs.tɚ//
- Australia//ɪnˈves.tə(ɹ)//
A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
noun
- 1
A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”
Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
Etymology
Etymology tree English invest Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English investor From invest + -or.
Forms
- plural
- investors
investor · A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
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