kapitalist

Definitions of kapitalist
  1. noun
    a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
    synonyms: plutocraat
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    zakenmens
    a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
    financier, geldschieter, kapitaalverschaffer
    a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
    belegger, investeerder
    someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
    materialist
    someone with great regard for material possessions
    krentenpikker, profiteur, zakkenvuller
    someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
    accountant, accountants-administratieconsulent, administrateur, boekhouder, controller, penningmeester, quaestor, quaestrix, schatbewaarder, schatmeester, thesaurier
    someone who maintains and audits business accounts
    agens, agent, commissionair, factoor, factor, handelsagent, handelsreiziger, makelaar, vertegenwoordiger
    a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
    bankier, geldhandelaar
    a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
    baissier
    an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
    obligatiehouder
    a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation
    zakenman
    a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
    zakenvrouw
    a female businessperson
    deposant
    a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
    exporteur
    a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)
    importeur, invoerder
    someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
    lener
    someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
    handelaar, handelsman, koopman, koopvrouw
    a businessperson engaged in retail trade
    duitendief, hebber, hebberd
    someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking
    dealer, drugdealer, drugsdealer
    the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
    aflader, bevrachter, expediteur, expediënt, verlader, verzender
    someone who ships goods
    aandeelhouder, actionaris
    someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
    fournisseur, leverancier, toeleverancier, toeleveringsbedrijf
    someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
    type of:
    eenling, enkeling, figuur, individu, mens, particulier, persoon, zelfstandige
    a human being
  2. noun
    a conservative advocate of capitalism
    synonyms: plutocraat
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    conservatief, conservatieveling
    a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
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