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Vinony

investor

noun

  1. person who allocates capital with the expectation of a financial return
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Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ / /ɪnˈvɛs.tɚ/ / /ɪnˈves.tə(ɹ)/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéstis Proto-Italic *westis Latin vestis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin vestiō Latin investioder. Middle French investirbor. ▲ Latin investioder. Medieval Latin investirebor. 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.

  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."”