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capitalist

1 noun
     
Related topics: Business Basics, Government
cap‧i‧tal‧ist1 [countable]
1PG someone who supports capitalism [↪ communist, socialist]
2BB someone who owns or controls a lot of money and lends it to businesses, banks etc to produce more wealth

➔ venture capitalist

at venture capital
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