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developer

developer

145 3.6
A person or company who buys land, improves it, and sells it for profit
  • noun
  • /dɪˈvɛləpər/
translation icon : promotor inmobiliario
  • There's the ongoing issue of huge real estate developers like Evergrand being unable to pay their debts.
  • real estate developer
  • property developer
  • land developer

Instead, they loan money to a shopping mall developer with her money.

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Examples

  • The operating expenses were a little bit high and it was brand new and the developer was struggling with a high cost construction loan.

  • He's a... huge property developer.

  • Had the love of her real estate developer done any more?

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Instead, they loan money to a shopping mall developer with her money.

  • "There used to be, but then the developers came in." "I never understood that part, the houses."

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Only a builder, developer, or someone with real money would buy a property like this.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The goal of real estate developers is to achieve the highest returns from any particular parcel of land.

    Academic text (2008)
  • He can't make the deal because he's not a real estate developer.

  • Look, I'm a real-estate developer, not a cop, but I've got a pretty good bullshit detector.

  • The developer plans to build new homes in the area to meet the growing demand for housing.

Synonyms

builder
vsdeveloper
111 1.0

A person or company that organizes and supervises building work

is the investor role that buys and improves property to sell for profit
home-builder
vsdeveloper
9 2.7

A person or company that builds houses as a business

is about buying and improving property to sell for profit
homebuilder
vsdeveloper
4 3.5

A person or company that makes houses for people to live in

is centered on buying sites improving them and selling developed property
constructor
vsdeveloper
3 5.5

A person or company that builds and manages projects like houses and bridges

is the development role involving buying land improving and selling developed sites
housebuilder
vsdeveloper
  • UK
1 2.8

A person or company that makes houses to sell

is focused on buying land improving it and selling for profit
house-builder
vsdeveloper
2.4

A person or company that makes houses to sell

is more about acquiring land and improving it to profit from sales

How Large

tycoon
38 5.5
developer
145 3.6

Surface Forms

developer singular
developers plural

Morphology

developer = develop (transparent) = develop + er

A straightforward agentive nominalization: the verb 'develop' + productive suffix '-er' yields 'developer' meaning someone or a company that develops.

Etymology

Developer comes from the parts de- ('off') and velop ('wrap'), so the basic idea is to 'bring out' something that was hidden. A real estate developer 'brings out' new houses or shops from empty land by building and improving it.