"investomer" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Blend of investor + customer",
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  "etymology_text": "Blend of investor + customer.",
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    {
      "form": "investomers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "expansion": "investomer (plural investomers)",
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  "hyphenation": [
    "in‧vest‧o‧mer"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Corporate Secretary's Guide Corporate Directions:",
          "text": "Brian Bellardo, General Counsel of StockPower Inc., described how companies can use their web sites to distribute stock to their customers, creating new \"investomers\" who will bring more loyalty and revenue to the company. He explained that investomers are both long-term investors and loyal customers who, according to his company's research, spend more and visit the company's web site more frequently.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Caroline Oliver, Getting Started with Policy Governance, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In some cases, of course, customers are owners, too. Examples include the members of associations, cooperatives, and credit unions as well as the shareholders of companies that are deliberately setting out to create \"investomers.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 December 9, Anna Spiegel, “New Details on Morris, Spike Mendelsohn's Upcoming Shaw Cocktail Bar”, in Washingtonian:",
          "text": "Unlike Kickstarter, the local operation forgoes donations and seeks “investomers,” company lingo for investors who'll ideally become regular customers, thanks to credits they receive when the business opens.",
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        "A customer who also owns shares in the business."
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          "share",
          "share"
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          "business",
          "business"
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈvɛstəmə/",
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈvɛstəmɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "investomer"
}

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of investor + customer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "investomers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    "in‧vest‧o‧mer"
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Corporate Secretary's Guide Corporate Directions:",
          "text": "Brian Bellardo, General Counsel of StockPower Inc., described how companies can use their web sites to distribute stock to their customers, creating new \"investomers\" who will bring more loyalty and revenue to the company. He explained that investomers are both long-term investors and loyal customers who, according to his company's research, spend more and visit the company's web site more frequently.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Caroline Oliver, Getting Started with Policy Governance, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In some cases, of course, customers are owners, too. Examples include the members of associations, cooperatives, and credit unions as well as the shareholders of companies that are deliberately setting out to create \"investomers.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 December 9, Anna Spiegel, “New Details on Morris, Spike Mendelsohn's Upcoming Shaw Cocktail Bar”, in Washingtonian:",
          "text": "Unlike Kickstarter, the local operation forgoes donations and seeks “investomers,” company lingo for investors who'll ideally become regular customers, thanks to credits they receive when the business opens.",
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        "A customer who also owns shares in the business."
      ],
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          "share",
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          "business",
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈvɛstəmɚ/",
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  "word": "investomer"
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