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bull

 
 
/bʊl/ noun [C] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET

Definition

someone who expects the price of shares, bonds, currency, etc. to increase, and who buys these investments in order to sell them later for a profit: Bulls believe the US economy is beginning to pick up. → Compare bear
(Definition of bull noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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