An individual person investing in small quantities of stock or bonds. This group of investors makes up a minimal fraction of total stock ownership. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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small investor UK US noun [C] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET
► someone who invests small amounts of money: »
While institutional investors began to dump their shares, the small investors held on tight.
→ Compare INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR(Cf. ↑institutional investor), RETAIL INVESTOR(Cf. ↑retail investor)
Financial and business terms. 2012.