SPECULATORS Synonyms

• a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

• act as a broker

• someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

• a firm engaged in trading

• a seller of illicit goods

• the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

• the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game

• a person skilled in large scale financial transactions

• conduct financial operations

• a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events

• someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement

• someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns

• someone who propels a boat with a pole

• (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground

• someone who bets

• an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds

• someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

• someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains

• someone who dives (into water)

• hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains

• mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion