investorn.

Brit.

/ɪnˈvɛstə/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈvɛstər/

Forms:

α. 1500s inuester, 1600s–1800s invester.

β. 1600s– investor.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: invest v., -or suffix, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < invest v. + -er suffix¹, and partly < invest v. + -or suffix.

1. A person who ceremonially dresses someone in or presents someone with official robes, attire, or insignia as part of a formal installation or induction; a person who invests or installs someone with or in an office, rank, honour, etc. Also: a person who grants someone a domain, right, authority, etc.; (Law) the granter of tenure of a property or fief. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > one who

investor1590

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. E3 Inuesters of thy royall browes, Euen with the true Egyptian Diadem.

1657 L. Gatford Publick Good without Private Interest Ep. to Rdr. sig. b4 Those worthies..were..limited and bound up, by the over-straightness of their investors, that armed them with that power.

1680 R. Baxter True Way of Concord iii. ix. 76 The Electors do but determine of the qualified recipient Person [to be their Mayor], and the Recorder invest him, but his Power ariseth immediately from the Kings Charter: And if the Choosers or Invester say it shall be more.., it..shall not infringe or change his Office.

1743 G. Ballantyne Vindic. Hereditary Right Majesty 19 How can a Trust invested in any Person, and directed by the Investors of that Trust, to descend strictly to the next Heir.., be given away by the Possessor from the right Heir?

1892 E. F. Henderson tr. Peace of Land in Select Hist. Documents Middle Ages ii. vi. 213 If the investor acknowledge having given the investiture,..and if the man can prove..he obtained this same benefice without plunder,..he shall hold it.

1996 H. Hinds God's Englishwomen iv. 99 His status as both originator and investor of power enables the active to call themselves passive.

a. A person who invests or has invested money in a particular property, stock, bond, etc.; a person who engages in financial investment. Frequently in plural: such people regarded as a group.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > investment > investor

investor1795

vester1827

fundholder1878

1795 M. Cove Ess. Revenues Church of Eng. iii. 366 The whole of the gross returns or profit does not centre in the pocket of the invester.

1823 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 27 Feb. By far the majority of the investers of money in those banks were people in a very humble sphere of life.

1868 W. Peard Pract. Water-farming x. 105 The stock of each investor would represent £20.

1912 Investments Mar. 83/1 The prospective investor should get someone to help him who is experienced.

1969 J. Argenti Managem. Techniques 199 An investor tries to select a portfolio of shares to give him a good return without too much risk.

2015 Australian (Nexis) 26 Feb. 29 It has drawn together a group of wealthy investors to buy a Sydney office tower.

b. euphemistic. A person who (habitually) bets on horse racing, the football pools, etc. Cf. invest v. 11.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > better

bettor1584

gripe1591

better1614

staker1648

wagerer1660

sporting man1742

betting-man1819

fielder1844

investor1850

backer1853

punter1860

layer1871

accumulator1889

1850 Era 15 Dec. 4/1 Horse racing is now so surrounded and clogged up with trickery and misleadings, that the first object the investor should look to is, ‘which way the money goes’.

1911 Observer 17 Sept. 11/2 Inspire would-be investors with an idea as to what horses are fancied.

1958 Punch 27 Aug. 265/3 No pools investor of quality would seek advice from hacks.

2014 Observer (Gladstone, Queensland) (Nexis) 5 July 8 The discerning turf investor, who won't venture into a booze house for a bet, now has to use that venue.

3. In plural. A hostile force surrounding and blockading a town, stronghold, etc. Also in singular: the commander of such a force. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun] > besieger or blockader

sieger1533

besiege-layer1538

besieger1574

pursuera1578

assieger1608

beleaguer1611

beleaguerer1628

town-taker1654

blockader1759

investors1870

1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Oct. 5 The French..choosing their own moment for sortie, are of course far less hurt by this sort of work than their investors.

1891 Austral. Jrnl. Nov. 158/2 They were going to raise the siege of Belfort, make a hole in Bavaria, fall upon the rear of the investors of Paris.

1900 Christian Reg. (Boston) 26 Apr. 453/2 Gen. Brabant and his colonial troops were pressing hard upon the investors of Wepener.

1970 S. Legg Heartland viii. 270 The investor of Bukhara was Chingis Khan himself.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (in sense 2a), as investor confidence, investor demand, investor group, etc.

ΚΠ

1918 H. B. Whaling Fair Value 453 The capitalization method..appeals to investor psychology in that it offers opportunity for enhancement of property values.

1920 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 91 162/1 Where the investor group and the managerial group are one, the control problem is for the moment simple.

1952 Amer. Econ. Rev. 42 234 The Treasury might..minimize the risks of miscalculating investor response..by using a package offering of several issues.

1983 B. A. K. Rider Insider Trading 5 The primary justification for anti-insider trading regulation must be the protection and promotion of investor confidence in both the integrity and efficiency of the securities market.

1991 Economist 2 Nov. 19 (advt.) The shifts in the currency markets..revived investor interest in German bonds.

1994 Investors Chron. 28 Jan. (Personal Equity Plans Suppl.) 8/2 Utilities, European privatisations and the rest might be indicative of a shift in investor demand.

2000 Times 7 Aug. 21/3 Rumours arose after a fresh pummelling for Telewest shares amid investor concern sparked by a shortage of set-top boxes.

2016 New Scientist 29 Oct. 39/1 Emergent technologies are often subjected to hype cycles, sometimes due to speculative bubbles inflated by excessive investor expectations.

C2.

investor-owned adj. chiefly U.S. (of a company or organization, esp. a public utility) owned by private investors.

ΚΠ

1924 Altamont (N.Y.) Enterprise 25 Jan. 3 (advt.) The investor-owned gas and electric utilities of the Empire State.

1962 Financial Analysts Jrnl. 18 36/2 Payment of the management fee of a trust is not really comparable to that of an investor-owned management company.

1986 Sci. Amer. Mar. 52/1 The investor-owned hospitals..incurred about the same costs per case as matched not-for-profit hospitals did.

2015 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 21 Dec. c1 Unlike investor-owned utilities, the city-owned gas utility operates on a cash basis.

investor protection n. protection of the rights or claims of any person or organization making an investment or investments, esp. by governmental regulation of financial services and products.

ΚΠ

1919 Advertising & Selling 6 Dec. 37/1 (heading) Investor protection by publicity. The one reasonable and effective method of preventing illegitimate financial schemes.

1979 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 18 Oct. 9 The modern regulation that we advocate would be shaped by a concern for appropriate controls over the particular service offered to achieve essential investor protections and cost effectiveness.

1987 Which? Nov. 534/1 The Financial Services Act (FSA) provides a framework for new rules on investor protection.

2004 Foreign Affairs Mar. 29 Investor protection and corporate governance in Russia remain weak.

investor relations n. [after public relations n., customer relations n. at customer n. Compounds 2] originally U.S. (the state of) the relationship between a company and its investors; the area of business relating to establishing and maintaining good relations between a company and its investors; the department of a company responsible for this; frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > relations between company and investors

investor relations1948

society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > relations between company and investors

investor relations1948

1948 Irving Trust Company Ann. Rep. 17 Among the Department's undertakings in 1947 was the inauguration of a series of ‘Investor Relations’ conferences.

1970 Harvard Business Rev. Nov. 122/2 In times of crisis the lot of the investor relations executive is not a very happy one.

1992 Southwest Newswire (Nexis) 26 Aug. He transferred in 1988.., serving as a business planning manager for two years until joining investor relations.

2009 Financial Times 5 Jan. (FTfm section) 9/1 The financial crisis has highlighted the need for better investor relations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	investor
释义	investorn. Brit. /ɪnˈvɛstə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈvɛstər/ Forms: α. 1500s inuester, 1600s–1800s invester. β. 1600s– investor. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: invest v., -or suffix, -er suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < invest v. + -er suffix¹, and partly < invest v. + -or suffix. 1. A person who ceremonially dresses someone in or presents someone with official robes, attire, or insignia as part of a formal installation or induction; a person who invests or installs someone with or in an office, rank, honour, etc. Also: a person who grants someone a domain, right, authority, etc.; (Law) the granter of tenure of a property or fief. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > one who investor1590 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. E3 Inuesters of thy royall browes, Euen with the true Egyptian Diadem. 1657 L. Gatford Publick Good without Private Interest Ep. to Rdr. sig. b4 Those worthies..were..limited and bound up, by the over-straightness of their investors, that armed them with that power. 1680 R. Baxter True Way of Concord iii. ix. 76 The Electors do but determine of the qualified recipient Person [to be their Mayor], and the Recorder invest him, but his Power ariseth immediately from the Kings Charter: And if the Choosers or Invester say it shall be more.., it..shall not infringe or change his Office. 1743 G. Ballantyne Vindic. Hereditary Right Majesty 19 How can a Trust invested in any Person, and directed by the Investors of that Trust, to descend strictly to the next Heir.., be given away by the Possessor from the right Heir? 1892 E. F. Henderson tr. Peace of Land in Select Hist. Documents Middle Ages ii. vi. 213 If the investor acknowledge having given the investiture,..and if the man can prove..he obtained this same benefice without plunder,..he shall hold it. 1996 H. Hinds God's Englishwomen iv. 99 His status as both originator and investor of power enables the active to call themselves passive. 2. a. A person who invests or has invested money in a particular property, stock, bond, etc.; a person who engages in financial investment. Frequently in plural: such people regarded as a group. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > investment > investor investor1795 vester1827 fundholder1878 1795 M. Cove Ess. Revenues Church of Eng. iii. 366 The whole of the gross returns or profit does not centre in the pocket of the invester. 1823 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 27 Feb. By far the majority of the investers of money in those banks were people in a very humble sphere of life. 1868 W. Peard Pract. Water-farming x. 105 The stock of each investor would represent £20. 1912 Investments Mar. 83/1 The prospective investor should get someone to help him who is experienced. 1969 J. Argenti Managem. Techniques 199 An investor tries to select a portfolio of shares to give him a good return without too much risk. 2015 Australian (Nexis) 26 Feb. 29 It has drawn together a group of wealthy investors to buy a Sydney office tower. b. euphemistic. A person who (habitually) bets on horse racing, the football pools, etc. Cf. invest v. 11. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > better bettor1584 gripe1591 better1614 staker1648 wagerer1660 sporting man1742 betting-man1819 fielder1844 investor1850 backer1853 punter1860 layer1871 accumulator1889 1850 Era 15 Dec. 4/1 Horse racing is now so surrounded and clogged up with trickery and misleadings, that the first object the investor should look to is, ‘which way the money goes’. 1911 Observer 17 Sept. 11/2 Inspire would-be investors with an idea as to what horses are fancied. 1958 Punch 27 Aug. 265/3 No pools investor of quality would seek advice from hacks. 2014 Observer (Gladstone, Queensland) (Nexis) 5 July 8 The discerning turf investor, who won't venture into a booze house for a bet, now has to use that venue. 3. In plural. A hostile force surrounding and blockading a town, stronghold, etc. Also in singular: the commander of such a force. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun] > besieger or blockader sieger1533 besiege-layer1538 besieger1574 pursuera1578 assieger1608 beleaguer1611 beleaguerer1628 town-taker1654 blockader1759 investors1870 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Oct. 5 The French..choosing their own moment for sortie, are of course far less hurt by this sort of work than their investors. 1891 Austral. Jrnl. Nov. 158/2 They were going to raise the siege of Belfort, make a hole in Bavaria, fall upon the rear of the investors of Paris. 1900 Christian Reg. (Boston) 26 Apr. 453/2 Gen. Brabant and his colonial troops were pressing hard upon the investors of Wepener. 1970 S. Legg Heartland viii. 270 The investor of Bukhara was Chingis Khan himself. Compounds C1. General attributive (in sense 2a), as investor confidence, investor demand, investor group, etc. ΚΠ 1918 H. B. Whaling Fair Value 453 The capitalization method..appeals to investor psychology in that it offers opportunity for enhancement of property values. 1920 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 91 162/1 Where the investor group and the managerial group are one, the control problem is for the moment simple. 1952 Amer. Econ. Rev. 42 234 The Treasury might..minimize the risks of miscalculating investor response..by using a package offering of several issues. 1983 B. A. K. Rider Insider Trading 5 The primary justification for anti-insider trading regulation must be the protection and promotion of investor confidence in both the integrity and efficiency of the securities market. 1991 Economist 2 Nov. 19 (advt.) The shifts in the currency markets..revived investor interest in German bonds. 1994 Investors Chron. 28 Jan. (Personal Equity Plans Suppl.) 8/2 Utilities, European privatisations and the rest might be indicative of a shift in investor demand. 2000 Times 7 Aug. 21/3 Rumours arose after a fresh pummelling for Telewest shares amid investor concern sparked by a shortage of set-top boxes. 2016 New Scientist 29 Oct. 39/1 Emergent technologies are often subjected to hype cycles, sometimes due to speculative bubbles inflated by excessive investor expectations. C2. investor-owned adj. chiefly U.S. (of a company or organization, esp. a public utility) owned by private investors. ΚΠ 1924 Altamont (N.Y.) Enterprise 25 Jan. 3 (advt.) The investor-owned gas and electric utilities of the Empire State. 1962 Financial Analysts Jrnl. 18 36/2 Payment of the management fee of a trust is not really comparable to that of an investor-owned management company. 1986 Sci. Amer. Mar. 52/1 The investor-owned hospitals..incurred about the same costs per case as matched not-for-profit hospitals did. 2015 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 21 Dec. c1 Unlike investor-owned utilities, the city-owned gas utility operates on a cash basis. investor protection n. protection of the rights or claims of any person or organization making an investment or investments, esp. by governmental regulation of financial services and products. ΚΠ 1919 Advertising & Selling 6 Dec. 37/1 (heading) Investor protection by publicity. The one reasonable and effective method of preventing illegitimate financial schemes. 1979 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 18 Oct. 9 The modern regulation that we advocate would be shaped by a concern for appropriate controls over the particular service offered to achieve essential investor protections and cost effectiveness. 1987 Which? Nov. 534/1 The Financial Services Act (FSA) provides a framework for new rules on investor protection. 2004 Foreign Affairs Mar. 29 Investor protection and corporate governance in Russia remain weak. investor relations n. [after public relations n., customer relations n. at customer n. Compounds 2] originally U.S. (the state of) the relationship between a company and its investors; the area of business relating to establishing and maintaining good relations between a company and its investors; the department of a company responsible for this; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > relations between company and investors investor relations1948 society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > relations between company and investors investor relations1948 1948 Irving Trust Company Ann. Rep. 17 Among the Department's undertakings in 1947 was the inauguration of a series of ‘Investor Relations’ conferences. 1970 Harvard Business Rev. Nov. 122/2 In times of crisis the lot of the investor relations executive is not a very happy one. 1992 Southwest Newswire (Nexis) 26 Aug. He transferred in 1988.., serving as a business planning manager for two years until joining investor relations. 2009 Financial Times 5 Jan. (FTfm section) 9/1 The financial crisis has highlighted the need for better investor relations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1590
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