| investor | | |
| n. (person) | 1. investor | someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns. |
| ~ capitalist | a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business). |
| ~ contrarian | an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors. |
| ~ bear | an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price. |
| ~ bondholder | a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation. |
| ~ bull | an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later. |
| ~ caller | an investor who buys a call option. |
| ~ depositor | a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution. |
| ~ lender, loaner | someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters. |
| ~ rentier | someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments. |
| ~ shareholder, shareowner, stockholder | someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation. |
| investment | | |
| n. (act) | 1. investing, investment | the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit. |
| ~ arbitrage | a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price. |
| ~ finance | the commercial activity of providing funds and capital. |
| ~ foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business). |
| ~ leveraging, leverage | investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses). |
| ~ bull | try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying. |
| ~ buy into | buy stocks or shares of a company. |
| ~ pyramid | enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts. |
| ~ subscribe | offer to buy, as of stocks and shares.; "The broker subscribed 500 shares" |
| n. (possession) | 2. investment, investment funds | money that is invested with an expectation of profit. |
| ~ assets | anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company. |
| ~ venture, speculation | an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits.; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it" |
| ~ pay, bear, yield | bring in.; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. investment | the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result.; "this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking"; "he made an emotional investment in the work" |
| ~ commitment, committedness | the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose.; "a man of energy and commitment" |
| n. (animal) | 4. investment | outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism. |
| ~ pellicle | thin protective membrane in some protozoa. |
| ~ cutis, skin, tegument | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" |
| n. (act) | 5. investment | the act of putting on robes or vestments. |
| ~ grooming, dressing | the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes. |
| n. (act) | 6. investiture, investment | the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank. |
| ~ promotion | act of raising in rank or position. |
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