Definition of Investor

1. Noun. Someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns.

Generic synonyms: Capitalist
Specialized synonyms: Contrarian, Bear, Bondholder, Bull, Caller, Depositor, Lender, Loaner, Rentier, Shareholder, Shareowner, Stockholder
Derivative terms: Invest

Definition of Investor

1. n. One who invests.

Definition of Investor

1. Noun. A person who invests money in order to make a profit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Investor

1. one that invests [n -S] - See also: invests

Lexicographical Neighbors of Investor

investive
investment
investment adviser
investment advisor
investment bank
investment banker
investment banks
investment cast
investment company
investment firm
investment funds
investment letter
investment tax credit
investment trust
investments
investor (current term)
investor-owned utility
investors
investors club
invests
investure
investured
investures
investuring
inveteracies
inveteracy
inveterate
inveterate(a)
inveterated
inveterately

Literary usage of Investor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Railroad Promotion and Capitalization in the United States by Frederick Albert Cleveland, Fred Wilbur Powell (1909)
"The investor's The investor's eye being ever turned toward opportunity, he interest In ... The man of conservative judgment (the investor) thus comes into ..."

2. Institutional Investors in the New Financial Landscape by H. J. Blommestein, Norbert Funke (1998)
"What is becoming evident is that the lines between the "retail investor" and the "institutional investor" are increasingly blurring and the basis for ..."

3. The Changing Structure of the Electric Power Industry: An Update by Rebecca A. McNerney (1998)
"It is intended to provide a snapshot of an industry undergoing significant change that probably will extend into the next century. investor-Owned Utilities ..."

4. The Foundations of National Prosperity: Studies in the Conservation of by Richard Theodore Ely, Ralph Henry Hess, Charles Kenneth Leith, Thomas Nixon Carver (1917)
"That is to say, if he selects for purchase the kind of tools which are needed to set labor to work and to provide the necessaries of life, the investor is a ..."

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