INVEST, INVESTING, INVESTMENT, INVESTOR
NOUNS
► CASH COW an investment or other source of money that pays regularly and well → 1974 US
► WARING spending, investing of money → c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BANKSTER a banker or investor whose financial practices have been exposed as illegal → 20C
► BAREFOOT PILGRIM an investor left without a shirt on his back or shoes on his feet; an investor whom a broker can sucker into any idiotic trade, thus generating easy commissions → Bk1997 Wall Street sl.
► BEAR RAIDER on the Stock Market: an investor who initiates or participates in a bear raid (a speculative attempt to profit from a fall in the price of a stock, or to cause the price to fall in order to make a profit) → 1887
► LAMB a gullible investor → 1886 stock market usage
► PIKER a small-scale speculator or investor → 1898 finance usage
VERBS
► SPORT to make a speculative investment in sport or business; to wager, to make a bet → E18 sl.
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