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# investor

«investor» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person or company that puts money into a business…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an investor, investors)

### meaning for a pupil

(money) An investor is a person or company that puts money into a business, shares or property, hoping to make a profit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investor/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Money and business lessons, news and TV shows like «Dragons' Den» or «Shark Tank»: inventors ask investors for money. It tells the reader who is paying in and expects a share of profits.

### examples

- The investor gave the company money to build a factory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investor/#x1)
- Investors hope their shares go up in value. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investor/#x2)
- She pitched her idea to three investors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investor/#x3)
- The investor lost money when the shop closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investor/#x4)
- Small investors put in a few pounds each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investor/#x5)
- Investors met to hear about the new app. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investor/#x6)

### note

Plural: investors. Spelling ends «-or». Related: invest, investment.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «investor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.