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1
a person who
puts
money into something in
order
to make a
profit
or get an
advantage
:
Examples:
A New
York
investor
offered
to
acquire
the company's
shares
for $13 each.
Small
investors (= people who
invest
only a
small
amount
of money) are
hoping
that the
markets
will
improve
.
2
a person or
group
of people that
puts
its
money into a
business
or other
organization
in
order
to make a
profit
:
Examples:
Many stock-market investors who wanted to
sell
couldn’t find any
buyers
.
3
a person,
organization
, or
country
that
puts
money into something in
order
to make a
profit
or
receive
interest
:
Examples:
an
investor
in sth The
largest
investor
in the non-manufacturing
sector
was the
UK
.
a
large
/
major
investor
an
institutional
/
individual
/
private
investor
Much of the
increase
in
private
investor
activity
has come through
online
dealing
.
a
foreign
/
international
/
overseas
investor
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