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nounsomeone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
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nounsomeone who makes conjectures without knowing the factstype of:
Definition that contains speculator
- raid an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
- operator a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets
- pyramid (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
- venture capitalist a speculator who makes money available for innovative projects (especially in high technology)