Meaning of capitalist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person.
2. Of, or pertaining to, capitalism
3. Supporting or endorsing capitalism
4. Someone whose wealth (capital) is invested in business ventures in order to return a profit.
5. American
6. A person who is a supporter of capitalism.
7. The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person
8. Someone whose wealth (capital) is invested in business ventures in order to return a profit

Equivalents

Examples

“Very little of capital acquired in commerce is directed towards agriculture, save⟳ where a wealthy capitalist purchases lands for his own⟳ use⟳; but it is seldom, if ever, applied to the improvement of the country, in the hands of the original landholders.”

“Were a wealthy English capitalist to dispose of the property that belongs to him in Êngland, which has been realised by former industry, and take⟳ it to Van Diemen's Land⟳, where he could have⟳ land⟳ for nothing, he would probably discover⟳ that he had made no very judicious change⟳.”

“It has been said that I kept a small account with Hobson Brothers, to whose bank I went, and entered the parlour with that trepidation which most poor men feel⟳ on presenting themselves before City magnates and capitalists.”

“The capitalist, often the mere inheritor of wealth, the lucky finder or purchaser of a mine, or a successful gambler in the cereals necessary to life, human and animal, can not boast of his superior power”

“He paid out, and received on account of the Government, thousands of dollars daily; and the mere handling of such considerable sums made him feel⟳ as if he were a great capitalist.”

“Near-synonyms: businessman, financier, industrialist”

“The labourers do only receive⟳, and ever have⟳ only received, as much as will subsist them, the landlords receive⟳ the surplus produce⟳ of the more fertile soils, and all the rest⟳ of the whole produce⟳ of labour in this and in every country goes to the capitalist under the name⟳ of profit for the use⟳ of his capital.”

“As capitalist, he is only capital personified. His soul is the soul of capital. But capital has one single life impulse, the tendency to create⟳ value and surplus-value, to make⟳ its constant factor, the means of production, absorb the greatest possible amount of surplus labour.”

“The separation was made complete⟳ between the means of production concentrated in the hands of the capitalists, on the one side, and the producers, possessing nothing but their labor-power, on the other.”

“That is all that is asked; and no capitalist in New England can make⟳ one quarter on capital in ordinary investments, on what can be made upon Chicago real estate.”

““I have⟳ tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience⟳ has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity.[…]””

“Every rail company worth its salt wanted to connect⟳ with London. Interestingly, it was largely that way around - provincial entrepreneurs wanting to connect⟳ with the capital, rather than London capitalists seeking to spread⟳ outwards.”

“In a world of cheap airfares, laptops, and the Internet, we proudly regard mobility as a sign⟳ of how advanced we are. Hey, we're nomadic hipster capitalists!”

CEFR level