investor

Etymology

invest +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛstə(r), Rhymes: -ɛstɔː(ɹ)

Noun

investor (plural investors)

1. A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
   • 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:

     […] (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. […]”

   • 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:

     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."

Anagrams

• viretons

Noun

investor m

1. investor

Further reading

• investor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• investor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Noun

investor m (definite singular investoren, indefinite plural investorer, definite plural investorene)

1. an investor

References

• “investor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Noun

investor m (definite singular investoren, indefinite plural investorar, definite plural investorane)

1. an investor

References

• “investor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from English investor.

Noun

investor

1. investor

References

• investorlarğa üz proyektların