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- pronunciation:
- kae
pih
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lihst
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
one who invests capital, esp. extensively, in business enterprises.
He was one of many capitalists who lost their money when the stock market crashed.- synonyms:
- investor
- similar words:
- baron, billionaire, bourgeois, businessman, businesswoman, financier, industrialist, magnate, mogul, moneybags, plutocrat, tycoon
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| definition 2: |
one who supports an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market.
He was a capitalist and strongly opposed to Marxism. |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
of or pertaining to capitalism or capitalists.
The United States has a capitalist economy. |
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