noun
Meaning 1
A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
investor
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/
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Canada, General-American: /ɪnˈvɛs.tɚ/
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Australian: /ɪnˈves.tə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ɛstə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 N V EH1 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: capitalist
Narrower terms: contrarian, bear, bondholder, bull, caller, depositor, lender, loaner, rentier, stockholder, shareholder, shareowner
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English invest Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English investor From invest + -or.
Across languages
Translations
114 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abkhaz: аинвестор (ajnvestʼor) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Abkhaz: аԥа́рашьҭаҵаҩ (apáraštacʼajw) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Abkhaz: аԥа́ралаҵаҩы (apáralacʼajwə) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Arabic: مُسْتَثْمِر (mustaṯmir) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Arabic: مُسْتَثْمِرَة (mustaṯmira) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Armenian: ներդրող (nerdroġ) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Azerbaijani: investor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Belarusian: інве́стар (invjéstar) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Belarusian: інве́старка (invjéstarka) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Belarusian: інвэ́стар (invéstar) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Belarusian: інвэ́старка (invéstarka) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Belarusian: укла́дчык (ukládčyk) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Belarusian: укла́дчыца (ukládčyca) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Bulgarian: инвести́тор (investítor) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Bulgarian: инвести́торка (investítorka) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Bulgarian: вложи́тел (vložítel) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Bulgarian: вложи́телка (vložítelka) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Burmese: ရင်းနှီးမြှုပ်နှံသူ (rang:hni:hmruphnamsu) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Catalan: inversor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Catalan: inversionista — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Chinese Mandarin: 投資者 /投资者 (tóuzīzhě) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Chinese Mandarin: 投資家 /投资家 (tóuzījiā) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Chinese Mandarin: 投資人 /投资人 (tóuzīrén) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Czech: investor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Czech: investorka — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Danish: investor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Dutch: investeerder — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Dutch: belegger — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Estonian: investor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Faroese: íleggjari — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Finnish: sijoittaja — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- French: investisseur — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- French: investisseuse — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Georgian: ინვესტორი (invesṭori) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- German: Anleger — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- German: Anlegerin — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- German: Investor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- German: Investorin — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Greek: επενδυτής (ependytís) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Ancient Greek: ἐπενδύτης (ependútēs) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Hebrew: מַשְׁקִיעַ (mashkiya) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Hindi: विनिधानकर्ता (vinidhānkartā) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Hindi: निवेशक (niveśak) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Hindi: निवेशकर्ता (niveśkartā) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Hungarian: befektető — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Hungarian: beruházó — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Icelandic: fjárfestir — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Indonesian: investor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Irish: fuilleamhóir — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Irish: infheisteoir — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Italian: investitore — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Italian: investitrice — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Japanese: 投資家 (tōshika) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Japanese: 出資者 (shusshisha) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Kazakh: инвестор (investor) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Khmer: អ្នកធ្វើវិនិយោគ (nĕək thvəə viniyook) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Korean: 투자자 (tujaja) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Kyrgyz: инвестор (investor) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Lao: ນັກລົງທຶນ (nak long thưn) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Latvian: investors — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Lithuanian: investitorius — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Lithuanian: investuotojas — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Macedonian: инвести́тор (investítor) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Macedonian: инвести́торка (investítorka) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Malay: pelabur — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Malayalam: നിക്ഷേപകൻ (nikṣēpakaṉ) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Maltese: investitur — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Māori: kaiwhakangao — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Māori: kaiwhakangao moni — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Mongolian: оруулагч (oruulagč) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Mongolian: хөрөнгө оруулагч (xöröngö oruulagč) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Norwegian Bokmål: investor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Norwegian Nynorsk: investor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Iranian Persian: سَرْمایِهگُذار (sarmâye-gozâr) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Polish: inwestor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Polish: inwestorka — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Portuguese: investidor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Romanian: investitor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Romanian: investitoare — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Russian: инве́стор (invéstor) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Russian: вкла́дчик (vkládčik) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Russian: вкла́дчица (vkládčica) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Serbo-Croatian: ула̀га̄ч — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Serbo-Croatian: инвѐстӣтор — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Serbo-Croatian: ulàgāč — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Serbo-Croatian: invèstītor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Slovak: investor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Slovak: investorka — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Slovene: investitor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Slovene: investitorica — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Spanish: inversionista — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Spanish: inversor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Swahili: mwekezaji — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Swedish: investerare — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Tagalog: mamumuhunan — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Tajik: сармоягузор (sarmoyaguzor) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Tajik: инвестор (investor) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Thai: ผู้ลงทุน (pûu-long-tun) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Turkish: yatırımcı — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Turkish: sermayedar — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Turkmen: inwestor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Ukrainian: інве́стор (invéstor) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Ukrainian: інве́сторка (invéstorka) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Ukrainian: вкла́дник (vkládnyk) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Ukrainian: вкла́дниця (vkládnycja) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Urdu: سَرْمایَہ کار (sarmāya kār) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Uyghur: مەبلەغ سالغۇچى (meblegh salghuchi) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Uzbek: investor — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Uzbek: sarmoyador — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Uzbek: sarmoya kirituvchi — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Uzbek: omonatchi — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Vietnamese: người đầu tư — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Welsh: buddsoddwr — person who invests money in order to make a profit
- Zazaki: sermayedar (diq) — person who invests money in order to make a profit
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