спекулант — meaning in English
spekulant
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English meaning
- flipper noun A wide, flat limb used for swimming, found on animals such as whales, seals, and turtles.
- punter noun A person who bets or gambles, especially against the house.
- speculator noun One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
Senses
спекулант is used for these senses in English:
- flipper (finance, art) Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.
- profiteer (pejorative) One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.
- punter (Scotland) A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member.
- scalper (US, Canada) One who scalps tickets to popular entertainment events: buying them in advance and then selling them (e.g. online or just outside the venue of the event), often at inflated prices.
- speculator (business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
flipper — full definition
- noun A wide, flat limb used for swimming, found on animals such as whales, seals, and turtles.
- noun A flat rubber fin worn on the foot to aid swimming.
- noun A moving lever in a pinball machine used to hit the ball.
punter — full definition
- noun A person who bets or gambles, especially against the house.
- noun A regular customer or client, especially of a pub, shop, or (in some slang uses) a prostitute.
- noun Someone who kicks (punts) a football, or who propels a punt boat with a pole.