investornoun [ C ]
uk/ɪnˈves.tər/us/ɪnˈves.t̬ɚ/B2 a person who puts money into something in order to make a profit or get an advantage:
A New York investor offered to acquire the company's shares for $13 each.
Small investors (= people who invest only a small amount of money) are hoping that the markets will improve.
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- There is a 20-day cooling-off period in which the investor can choose to back out of the contract.
- They have begun attracting investors, most notably big Japanese financial houses.
- The financial crash blackened the image of investment for many small investors.
- Stuttering productivity figures over the last two years have made the industry unattractive to investors.
- The company was set up to buy and sell shares on behalf of investors.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Investing money
- backer
- backing
- capitalize
- deposit
- endow
- financial adviser
- invest
- investment
- inward
- mature
- maturity
- microfinance
- pay
- plough
- plough sth into sth
- protect
- pump sth into sth
- punt on sth
- put sth up
- sink
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