Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: speculators
IPA transcription: [sp'ɛkjəl,eɪtɚz]
Pronunciations of speculators
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Usage examples
  • This came about through the sudden rise in the public funds, and the promptness with which speculators bought them up from holders who were ignorant of their value.
  • By the time speculators reached Victoria the best lots in that place had already been bought by the company's men; and some of the substantial fortunes of Victoria date from this period.
  • The absence of a well-organized stock market, with the ramifications of telegraphic quotations throughout the Union, put in the hands of the more daring of these speculators an opportunity to avail themselves of the ignorance of others to an extent which would not be possible to-day.
  • It would call upon men to contribute for public expenses in proportion to the natural opportunities they monopolize, and make it unprofitable for speculators to hold land unused or only partly used, thus opening to labor unlimited fields of employment, solving the labor problem and abolishing involuntary poverty.
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