Investor

//ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who invests money in order to make a profit.

    "[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”"

  2. 2
    someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns wordnet

Etymology

From invest + -or.

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