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speculator
/ˈspekjʊleɪtər/
/-ɚ/ noun [C] FINANCE, STOCK MARKETDefinition
› a person who buys goods, property, money, etc. in the hope of selling them at a profit: a currency/land/market speculator We should not bail out lenders, real estate speculators, or those who made the reckless decision to buy a home they knew they could never afford.
(Definition of speculator noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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