speculator

  • 11speculator — is spelt or, not er …

    Modern English usage

  • 12speculator — A market participant who tries to profit from buying and selling futures and options contracts by anticipating future price movements. Speculators assume market price risk and add liquidity and capital to the futures markets. Chicago Board of… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 13Speculator — One, who attempts to anticipate price changes and, through buying and selling contracts, aims to make profits. A speculator does not use the market in connection with the production, processing, marketing or handling of a product.See: trader. The …

    Financial and business terms

  • 14speculator — / spekjυleɪtə/ noun a person who buys goods, shares or foreign currency in the hope that they will rise in value ● a property speculator ● a currency speculator ● a speculator on the Stock Exchange or a Stock Exchange speculator …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 15speculator — n. a property (BE), real estate (AE); stock market speculator * * * [ spekjʊleɪtə] stock market speculator real estate (AE) a property (BE) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 16speculator — /spek yeuh lay teuhr/, n. 1. a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation. 2. a person who makes advance purchases of tickets, as to games or theatrical performances, that are likely to be in demand, for resale later at a higher …

    Universalium

  • 17speculator — noun Speculator is used after these nouns: ↑currency …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 18speculator — spec|u|la|tor [ˈspekjuleıtə US ər] n someone who buys goods, property, ↑shares in a company etc, hoping that they will make a large profit when they sell them ▪ a New York property speculator …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19speculator — [[t]spe̱kjʊleɪtə(r)[/t]] speculators N COUNT A speculator is a person who speculates financially …

    English dictionary

  • 20speculator — See speculate; ticket speculator …

    Ballentine's law dictionary