investor B2 Topic:Business & Commerce US /ɪnˈvɛs.tɚ/ UK /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual Freq #12857 Meanings 1 noun A person who puts money into a business or shares in order to make a profit. The investor expected a good return on the new tech company. Thesaurus Word family Forms investors Common collocations small investor Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From invest + -or. Topics Business & Commerce External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # investor **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪnˈvɛs.tɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ **Frequency rank:** 12857 ## Meanings 1. A person who puts money into a business or shares in order to make a profit. ## Examples - The investor expected a good return on the new tech company. ## Etymology From invest + -or. ## AI Etymology Investor comes from invest + -or. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - Business & Commerce markdown