investor meaning

EN[-ɛstə(r)]

WInvestor

An investor is a person who allocates capital with the expectation of a future financial return.

investor

NounPLinvestorsSUF-or
1. A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
  1. […] (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. […]”
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - After the ill-advised trade, the investor was stuck with worthless options for 10,000 tons of iron pig.
  - Further, some investors ride the coattails of investor giants, such as Warren Buffett, meaning they would frequently invest in the stocks Buffet invested in.
  - Folks in our neighborhood come from every walk of life, prince and pauper, investor and janitor.
2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
  - While this stock has been trading at a low P/E multiple lately, I think its fundamentals are sound, and consider it a good buy for long-term investors.

Meaning of investor for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "investor" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.

Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
1. Morphemes
  - Suffixes
    - Words by suffix
      - Words suffixed with -or
2. Nouns
  - Countable nouns

Difficultness: Level 6

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Definiteness: Level 6

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Definite ➨ Versatile