investor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈvɛs.tɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪnˈves.tə(ɹ)/ (Australia)
- (Texas) audio
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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.
Meanings
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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. […]”
1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:So investors buy stablecoins not to make a profit but instead as a place to store money within the cryptocurrency infrastructure and to use when buying and selling other crypto assets. […] For example, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission asserted that for nearly four years Tether did not fully back its stablecoin with US dollars, meaning it did not have enough US dollars on hand to pay back every investor who potentially might cash out their Tether stablecoins.
2021 October 27, Jeanne Sahadi, “How stablecoin is different than other cryptocurrencies … and how it’s not”, in CNN: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."
2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “After Fukushima, Japan beginning to see the light in solar energy”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| investors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
small investor · underinvestor · noninvestor · investorship · activist investor · coinvestor · investomer · overinvestor · institutional investor · investorism · angel investor
Descendants
Investor · inwestor · инве́стор
Translations (114)
ur سَرْمایَہ کار (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · nn investor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ug مەبلەغ سالغۇچى (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ka ინვესტორი (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · uk інве́стор (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · nl belegger (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · lt investitorius (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · cmn 投資者 /投资者 (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · az investor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · vi người đầu tư (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ru инве́стор (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · uk вкла́дниця (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · sh ула̀га̄ч (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · fa-ira سَرْمایِهگُذار (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · sl investitorica (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · nl investeerder (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ga infheisteoir (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ar مُسْتَثْمِر (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · hi निवेशक (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · it investitore (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · cs investor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · sl investitor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · th ผู้ลงทุน (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ro investitor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · sh invèstītor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · uz investor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · tl mamumuhunan (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ab аԥа́рашьҭаҵаҩ (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · kk инвестор (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · is fjárfestir (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · da investor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · it investitrice (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · hi विनिधानकर्ता (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · mt investitur (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ko 투자자 (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · be інвэ́стар (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · be інве́стар (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ro investitoare (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · lt investuotojas (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · bg вложи́телка (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ms pelabur (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · uk інве́сторка (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · tr yatırımcı (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · sh ulàgāč (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · sv investerare (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · sk investorka (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · uk вкла́дник (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · mi kaiwhakangao moni (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · grc ἐπενδύτης (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ca inversor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · tg инвестор (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ca inversionista (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · et investor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · bg инвести́тор (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · sw mwekezaji (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · bg инвести́торка (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · tk inwestor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · km អ្នកធ្វើវិនិយោគ (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · zza sermayedar (diq) (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · my ရင်းနှီးမြှုပ်နှံသူ (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · mi kaiwhakangao (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · tr sermayedar (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · sh инвѐстӣтор (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ja 投資家 (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · es inversionista (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · sk investor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ab аԥа́ралаҵаҩы (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · cy buddsoddwr (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ab аинвестор (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · mk инвести́торка (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · be укла́дчыца (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · pt investidor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · hy ներդրող (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · de Investorin (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · mn хөрөнгө оруулагч (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · lv investors (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · fi sijoittaja (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · uz sarmoya kirituvchi (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · uz omonatchi (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · be укла́дчык (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · cs investorka (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · be інвэ́старка (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · nb investor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · tg сармоягузор (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · fr investisseur (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ml നിക്ഷേപകൻ (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ar مُسْتَثْمِرَة (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · cmn 投資人 /投资人 (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · bg вложи́тел (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · mk инвести́тор (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · be інве́старка (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · pl inwestorka (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · es inversor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ru вкла́дчик (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · de Investor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · pl inwestor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · uz sarmoyador (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ky инвестор (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · hi निवेशकर्ता (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · fr investisseuse (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · he מַשְׁקִיעַ (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · hu beruházó (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · de Anlegerin (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ja 出資者 (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · lo ນັກລົງທຶນ (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · cmn 投資家 /投资家 (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · el επενδυτής (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ga fuilleamhóir (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · fo íleggjari (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · id investor (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · hu befektető (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · mn оруулагч (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · de Anleger (person who invests money in order to make a profit) · ru вкла́дчица (person who invests money in order to make a profit)