| 单词 | business angel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbusiness angel business angel n. a person who supports a business financially; (now) spec. a person who invests private capital in a small business, usually in return for a proportion of the company equity; cf. angel n. 7b. ΚΠ 1884 Photographic News 1 Aug. 493/1 I found afterwards that I had entertained an Angel—a business Angel—unawares, for I have done nearly £300 from that negative since. 1925 Proc. Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers Oct. 249 As Langley, a great astronomer, had been his scientific inspiration, so William Thaw, a great philanthropist, became his business ‘angel’ and gave him the much needed financial advice and assistance. 1984 Inc. (Nexis) Mar. 143 Kramer finds most of his deals through friends and business associates. That, says a study by University of New Hampshire professor William E. Wetzel Jr., is precisely how most business angels operate. 2004 P. Reizin Fiends Reunited ii. 75 ‘Business angels’, those speculative investors who, instead of being taxed at forty per cent on the interest their pile of gold was accruing, preferred to take a tax-free punt on a new business if the business plan was ‘sweet’. < as lemmas |
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