He was a New York property speculator. From LearnThat.org.
Then I called the speculator and told him I wanted to go up-stairs again. From Wordnik.com. [The History of William Webb, Composed by Himself] Reference
Speculation means gambling only when the speculator is a gambler. From Wordnik.com. [Don Orsino] Reference
The thrift of the speculator was the menace of our national prosperity. From Wordnik.com. [T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him] Reference
A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
On such terms a speculator with a few thousand dollars could get possession of an enormous plot of land. From Wordnik.com. [History of the United States] Reference
The twist: levijohnston. com wasn't registered by an opportunistic domain-name speculator or a political troublemaker. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
Mr. Soros, the chairman of Soros Fund Management, is best-known as a speculator, philanthropist and political activist. From Wordnik.com. [Soros, the Man Who Cries Wolf,] Reference
As a general rule a speculator is a person who is willing to take high risk in business in the hope to get high reward. From Wordnik.com. [IBTimes.com RSS Feed] Reference
The term "speculator" is used interchangeably with profiteer. From Wordnik.com. [High-Frequency Traders Get A New Name] Reference
"If you are 'buy and hold' you are the worst kind of speculator," he says. From Wordnik.com. ['Speculation' Label Spurs Fund Debate] Reference
But no legislation has been determined and even defining who is a "speculator" isn't clear. From Wordnik.com. [Fund Brings Commodity Bets to Masses] Reference
But there is also a light, flimsy, fly-away-kind of speculator, a. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852] Reference
"speculator" and brought to Georgia where he was sold to the Wyches of. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3] Reference
"speculator" came to be considered the most opprobrious in the whole vocabulary of invective. From Wordnik.com. [A rebel's recollections,] Reference
"speculator," to whom he will compare himself, and chafe at his inferiority to a figment of his own fancy. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
He was a great speculator who had been on a false scent. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Its only aim is to increase the gains of the speculator. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
The aristocratic speculator seeks the gilded gambling den. From Wordnik.com. [Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes] Reference
Mahmoud Yassin never thought of himself as a real-estate speculator. From Wordnik.com. [Boom Before The Bombs] Reference
If you're a speculator, try the tax-backed bonds of low-rated states. From Wordnik.com. [Muni Bonds: Play It Safe] Reference
He was a heavy speculator and at one time possessed of much property. From Wordnik.com. [California, 1849-1913; or, the rambling sketches and experiences of sixty-four years' residence in that state] Reference
He was the first great land speculator that we read of in these parts. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
Every land speculator produces one or more of these dirt-cabin villages. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819] Reference
She is not a real estate speculator, house flipper or rental-property investor. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Limbo] Reference
Here was the portly speculator of State street, exulting over the success of his last. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
The speculator had brought her, but had postponed her removal till she should recover. From Wordnik.com. [Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; or, the President's Daughter] Reference
His 32 percent annual return has earned him legendary status as a trader and speculator. From Wordnik.com. [Eli Davidson: Your Body Means Business] Reference
No slave speculator ever dared to cross the threshold of this planter of the Old Dominion. From Wordnik.com. [Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; or, the President's Daughter] Reference
Letters from a Virginia speculator, John F. Mercer, to Richard Sprigg, sketch the situation. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
Washington did remarkably well as a gentleman farmer, and as a real-estate owner and speculator. From Wordnik.com. [George Washington, CEO?] Reference
I think she's a kind of culinary speculator and takes a lot of chances, but she's awfully lucky. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
In many cases where we use the word "trader," it would be more correct to use the word "speculator.". From Wordnik.com. [Successful Stock Speculation] Reference
"A speculator is someone who tries to see what the market doesn't see," says an independent Brazilian fund manager. From Wordnik.com. [The Nerd Who Saved Brazil] Reference
The most realistic distinction between the investor and the speculator is found in their attitude toward stock-market movements. From Wordnik.com. [Speculating Is Not Investing] Reference
More important, the only ones who win when a partition suit is filed are the attorneys -- and the speculator who ends up buying the house. From Wordnik.com. [Sibling rivalry over family home: No one wins] Reference
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