investor

Noun
  1. Someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns (synset 110235776)
    is a type of: capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
    subtypes:
    • 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

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