capitalist
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈkæpɪtəlɪst/
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inversor
- I was courted, for the first time, by capitalists to sell more and more subscriptions.
- venture capitalist
- development capitalists
- entrepreneurs and venture capitalists
I don't like that Companies Act, want to be capitalists but then treat their employees like it's communism.
- I don't like that Companies Act, want to be capitalists but then treat their employees like it's communism.
- So, so one, what about the the argument that sort of the employer, the capitalist takes on risk.
- So you as a good cost minimizing capitalist get take twice as many workers as machines, OK?
- And so the profits that a capitalist make is part of value.
- We knew we what we were we were going to start this venture capitalist capital company together.
- It was becoming his and her own capitalist.
- Like they're these like capitalists that are like upholding the economic growth of America, right?
Examples
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Since the debt crisis, even the most stubborn advocates of democratic capitalist development can no longer deny this.
Academic text (1992) -
We are telling him that another party is involved, a San Francisco capitalist offering $200,000.
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I think if you are a successful capitalist, you will hire more people, you will invest more as well.
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I am the worker, you are the capitalist.
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This capitalist pays me zero, works me whenever he likes.
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First, we will introduce the theory of regulation developed to understand periods of capitalist growth and crisis.
Academic text (1999) -
It was a capitalist transaction.
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What will the long-term social consequences of a modified capitalist system appealing to self-interest really be?
Academic text (1992) -
Various places are witnessing a resurgence of a certain capitalist neoliberalism that subordinates the human person to blind market forces.
Academic text (2008) -
A wealthy capitalist invested millions in the startup to help it grow.
Synonyms
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3.1
A person or company who gives money to a business to try to make money
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5.8
A person or company that gives money to new risky businesses to make money
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.8
A person or company that gives money to new risky businesses to make money
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4.2
An economic system where private people or companies own businesses and try to make money
- Archaic
A person in a socialist or communist system who supports capitalist policies
- Archaic
A policy of using private business and market ideas that puts economic growth above social equality, often criticised by socialists
A person who supports the system where businesses are privately owned and compete
How Wealthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Capitalist comes from capital, meaning 'money used for business'. A capitalist is therefore a person who puts that money into companies to try to make a profit.