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investor meaning

EN[-ɛstə(r)]
WInvestor
  • An investor is a person who allocates capital with the expectation of a future financial return. Types of investments include: equity, debt securities, real estate, currency, commodity, derivatives such as put and call options, etc.
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    Definition of investor in English Dictionary

  • NounPLinvestorsSUF-or
    1. A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
      1. […] (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. […]”
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • The depository may vote shares on behalf of investors who have not submitted instruction to the bank.
      • Further, some investors ride the coattails of investor giants, such as Warren Buffett, meaning they would frequently invest in the stocks Buffet invested in.
      • But how effective could such actions be against Torschlusspanik — a flight to the exit by investors convinced that a moratorium and exchange restrictions would soon be imposed?
    2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
      • While this stock has been trading at a low P/E multiple lately, I think its fundamentals are sound, and consider it a good buy for long-term investors.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Morphemes
      • Suffixes
        • Words by suffix
          • Words suffixed with -or
      • Nouns
        • Countable nouns
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      1. en investors
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of investor for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "investor" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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