Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

passive investor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: pas-sive in-vestor
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An investor in a business who by agreement or otherwise can not take an active role in the management of the business.

Example Sentences

"He wanted to be a simple passive investor, but when the majority owner died and her widower made a mess of it, he had to take over."

Inflected Forms

passive investors (plural)

Questions

What does passive investor mean?: An investor in a business who by agreement or otherwise can not take an active role in the management of the business.

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