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speculate verb

  /ˈspek.jəˌlæɪt/ , /ˈspɛk.jəˌleɪt/ , /ˈspɛk.jʊˌleɪt/
  • (obsolete, intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
  • (intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
 spekulieren
  • (intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
 vermuten

speculation noun

  /ˌspek.jəˈlæɪ.ʃən/ , /ˌspɛk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
  • (business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
  • The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
 Spekulation
  • (philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
 Betrachtung, Spekulation

speculative adjective

  /ˈspɛkjuləˌtɪv/ , /ˈspɛkjələˌtɪv/ , /ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɪv/
  • Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
 spekulativ

speculator noun

  • (business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
 Spekulant, Spekulantin
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