All 7 Uses of
speculate
in
An Ideal Husband
- A speculation, Sir Robert!
Act 1 *speculation = risky investment
- A brilliant, daring speculation.
Act 1
- ] I realise that I am talking to a man who laid the foundation of his fortune by selling to a Stock Exchange speculator a Cabinet secret.†
Act 1
- The affair to which you allude was no more than a speculation. The House of Commons had not yet passed the bill; it might have been rejected.
Act 1speculation = risky investment
- You are not going to lend your support to this Argentine speculation?
Act 1
- Robert, that is all very well for other men, for men who treat life simply as a sordid speculation; but not for you, Robert, not for you.
Act 1speculation = profit-making venture
- LADY CHILTERN: This fraudulent speculation--
Act 2speculation = risky investment
Definition:
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(speculate as in: speculate in the stock market) to take a risk for profit--typically a risky investment