Investor

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É›stÉ™(r)

Origin

invest + -or

Full definition of investor

Noun

1. A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
• 2013-06-21, Chico Harlan, Japan pockets the subsidy …, 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."