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investor|ɪnˈvɛstə(r)|
Also 6 -er.
[f. invest v. + -or.]
1. a. One who clothes or invests. b. One who invests with a military force.
1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. v. ii, Investers of thy royal brows Even with the true Egyptian diadem. 1870Pall Mall G. 3 Oct. 5 The French..choosing their own moment for sortie, are of course far less hurt by this sort of work than their investors.
2. a. One who invests money or makes an investment.
1862Lond. Rev. 16 Aug. 136 This numerous class of investors are ready to accept the guidance of any competent authority which will tell them what stocks to choose and what to avoid. 1868Peard Water-farm. x. 105 The stock of each investor would represent {pstlg}20.
b. One who bets on a horse race, or in football pools, etc. Cf. invest v. 9 c.
1958[see banker2 5].
c. investor relations [after public relations], the establishment and maintenance of good relations between a company and its investors; the department of a company responsible for this. Freq. attrib. orig. U.S.
1959Public Utilities 26 Mar. 477/1 This communication..should be undertaken at many levels under a carefully developed and fully maintained investor relations program. 1959Amer. Business May 25/1 For small companies this uniformity of product is the most significant factor in investor relations. 1963R. R. Augsburger in Investor Relations (Amer. Managem. Assoc.) iv. 127 We have in professional investor relations a new and growing area of financial management. 1970Harvard Business Rev. Nov.–Dec. 122/2 In times of crisis the lot of the investor relations executive is not a very happy one. 1985Investors Chron. 8–14 Nov. 6/2 British Petroleum has hired an investor relations man. |