Meanings
plural investors
- A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
[…] (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. […]”
1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock2 more examples
Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “After Fukushima, Japan beginning to see the light in solar energy”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30So investors buy stablecoins not to make a profit but instead as a place to store money within the cryptocurrency infrastructure and to use when buying and selling other crypto assets. […] For example, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission asserted that for nearly four years Tether did not fully back its stablecoin with US dollars, meaning it did not have enough US dollars on hand to pay back every investor who potentially might cash out their Tether stablecoins.
2021 October 27, Jeanne Sahadi, “How stablecoin is different than other cryptocurrencies … and how it’s not”, in CNN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Proto-Indo-European*wes-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéstis
- Proto-Italic*westis
- Latinvestis
- Latinvestiō
- Latininvestio
- Middle Frenchinvestir
- Latininvestio
- Medieval Latininvestire
- Englishinvest
- Englishinvestor
Translations
Ancient Greek ἐπενδύτης
- ἐπενδύτης (ependútēs)person who invests money in order to make a profit
Arabic مُسْتَثْمِر, مُسْتَثْمِرَة
- مُسْتَثْمِر (mustaṯmir)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- مُسْتَثْمِرَة (mustaṯmira)person who invests money in order to make a profit
Bulgarian инвести́тор, инвести́торка
- инвести́тор (investítor)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- инвести́торка (investítorka)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- вложи́тел (vložítel)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- вложи́телка (vložítelka)person who invests money in order to make a profit
Catalan inversor, inversionista
- inversorperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- inversionistaperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Chinese Mandarin 投資者 /投资者, 投資家 /投资家
- 投資者 /投资者 (tóuzīzhě)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- 投資家 /投资家 (tóuzījiā)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- 投資人 /投资人 (tóuzīrén)person who invests money in order to make a profit
Czech investor, investorka
- investorperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- investorkaperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Danish investor
- investorperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Dutch investeerder, belegger
- investeerderperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- beleggerperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Estonian investor
- investorperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Finnish sijoittaja
- sijoittajaperson who invests money in order to make a profit
French investisseur, investisseuse
- investisseurperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- investisseuseperson who invests money in order to make a profit
German Anleger, Anlegerin
- Anlegerperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- Anlegerinperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- Investorperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- Investorinperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Greek επενδυτής
- επενδυτής (ependytís)person who invests money in order to make a profit
Hebrew מַשְׁקִיעַ
- מַשְׁקִיעַ (mashkiya)person who invests money in order to make a profit
Hindi विनिधानकर्ता, निवेशक
- विनिधानकर्ता (vinidhānkartā)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- निवेशक (niveśak)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- निवेशकर्ता (niveśkartā)person who invests money in order to make a profit
Hungarian befektető, beruházó
- befektetőperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- beruházóperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Icelandic fjárfestir
- fjárfestirperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Indonesian investor
- investorperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Irish fuilleamhóir, infheisteoir
- fuilleamhóirperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- infheisteoirperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Italian investitore, investitrice
- investitoreperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- investitriceperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Japanese 投資家, 出資者
- 投資家 (tōshika)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- 出資者 (shusshisha)person who invests money in order to make a profit
Korean 투자자
- 투자자 (tujaja)person who invests money in order to make a profit
Latvian investors
- investorsperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Lithuanian investitorius, investuotojas
- investitoriusperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- investuotojasperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Malay pelabur
- pelaburperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Māori kaiwhakangao, kaiwhakangao moni
- kaiwhakangaoperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- kaiwhakangao moniperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Norwegian Bokmål investor
- investorperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Polish inwestor, inwestorka
- inwestorperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- inwestorkaperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Portuguese investidor
- investidorperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Romanian investitor, investitoare
- investitorperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- investitoareperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Russian инве́стор, вкла́дчик
- инве́стор (invéstor)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- вкла́дчик (vkládčik)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- вкла́дчица (vkládčica)person who invests money in order to make a profit
Slovak investor, investorka
- investorperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- investorkaperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Spanish inversionista, inversor
- inversionistaperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- inversorperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Swahili mwekezaji
- mwekezajiperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Swedish investerare
- investerareperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Tagalog mamumuhunan
- mamumuhunanperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Thai ผู้ลงทุน
- ผู้ลงทุน (pûu-long-tun)person who invests money in order to make a profit
Turkish yatırımcı, sermayedar
- yatırımcıperson who invests money in order to make a profit
- sermayedarperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Ukrainian інве́стор, інве́сторка
- інве́стор (invéstor)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- інве́сторка (invéstorka)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- вкла́дник (vkládnyk)person who invests money in order to make a profit
- вкла́дниця (vkládnycja)person who invests money in order to make a profit
Urdu سَرْمایَہ کار
- سَرْمایَہ کار (sarmāya kār)person who invests money in order to make a profit
Vietnamese người đầu tư
- người đầu tưperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Welsh buddsoddwr
- buddsoddwrperson who invests money in order to make a profit
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with investor
Cite this entry
investor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/investor
“investor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/investor. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “investor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/investor.
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