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Individual or business that buys and sells in the hope of making a quick profit. On the stock market, for example, speculators might buy a share in the hope that it will quickly rise in price so that they can then sell it at a profit.
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A speculator bridged a couple of barrels with a board and we hired standing places on it.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
He had been a hard worker, a daring speculator with nerves of iron, and courage which would have glorified a nobler cause.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Henry Half acre was a speculator in town-lots--a profession that was, just then, in high repute in the city of New York.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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