0 a person who buys goods, property, money, etc. in the hope of selling them at a profit
1 a person who buys or does something in order to make a profit in the future:
2 a person who buys goods, property, money, etc. in the hope of selling them at a profit:
The formation of urban quarters allowed land speculators to undertake the densest possible exploitation of the lots.
In fact habaneros are generally loath to own up to being especuladores (' speculators ').
The cunning speculator who places bets on the victims' greed or gullibility has consequently received more attention than perhaps more exculpable, less glamorous, moral vacillators.
The availability of credit from friendly central banks is of the first importance in defeating speculators.
During the 1780s it fell prey to speculators.
The policymaker's willingness to resist also influences the first-period behavior of the speculators, who become less inclined to attack.
But investors and speculators did not confine themselves to introspection and regret.
As the stock-market novel of the "sensational sixties" capitalized on villainous speculators, it undoubtedly continued to create typecast crooks but also stimulated spins on them.
