business angel

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noun

informal an investor in a business venture, esp one in its early stagesAlso called: angel investor

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How to use business angel in a sentence

I would not have any one suppose for a moment that I am presenting Lim as a kind of business angel.
Crowds|Gerald Stanley Lee