investress

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

invest +‎ -ess

Noun[edit]

investress (plural investresses)

  1. a female investor.
    • 1951, Saturday Review of Literature, page 148:
      There is an excellent chapter on will and estate planning, as well as how and where you should go to become an investress and why some stocks are called preferred and others common.
    • 1991, Howard Farran, The Business of Dentistry, page 376:
      It's an investment in which the investor or investress knows what they're doing and knows the positive and negative signs to watch as the value of their investment grows.
    • 2014, Mark Murphy, Homownership, Mark Murphy:
      The last part of the Tax Relief Act of 1997 is directly relevant to you, the Real Estate Investor/Investress.