investor

in·vest  (n-vst)

v. in·vest·ed, in·vest·ing, in·vests

v.tr.

1. To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return: invested their savings in stocks and bonds.

2.

a. To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit: invested much time and energy in getting a good education.

b. To devote morally or psychologically, as to a purpose; commit: "Men of our generation are invested in what they do, women in what we are" (Shana Alexander).

3. To endow with authority or power.

4. To install in office with ceremony: invest a new emperor.

5. To endow with an enveloping or pervasive quality: "A charm invests a face/Imperfectly beheld" (Emily Dickinson).

6. To clothe; adorn.

7. To cover completely; envelop.

8. To surround with troops or ships; besiege. See Synonyms at besiege.

v.intr.

To make investments or an investment: invest in real estate.

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[From Italian investire and from French investir, both from Latin investre, to clothe, surround : in-, in; see in-² + vestre, to clothe (from vestis, clothes; see wes-² in Indo-European roots).]

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in·vesta·ble adj.

in·vestor n.

Thesaurus

Noun

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

Translations

investor [ɪnˈvɛstəʳ] n → inversor(a) m/f

investor [ɪnˈvɛstəʳ] n → épargnant(e) (= shareholder); actionnaire m/f

investor [ɪnˈvɛstəʳ] n → (Kapital)anleger(in) m(f)

investor [ɪnˈvɛstəʳ] n → investitore/trice (= shareholder); azionista m/f