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developer
[ dih-vel-uh-per ]
noun
- a person or thing that develops or innovates:
a software developer.
- Photography. a reducing agent or solution for developing developing a film or the like.
- a person who invests in and develops the urban or suburban potentialities of real estate, especially by subdividing the land into home sites and then building houses and selling them.
- Shipbuilding. a person who lays out at full size the lines of a vessel and prepares templates from them.
developer
/ ɪˈɛəə /
noun
- a person or thing that develops something, esp a person who develops property
- photog a solution of a chemical reducing agent that converts the latent image recorded in the emulsion of a film or paper into a visible image
Word History and Origins
Origin of developer1
Example Sentences
Trump, who cut his teeth professionally taking out loans as a property developer, has long confessed to liking a low interest rate policy.
In L.A., the union that represents rank-and-file police officers has said it will back Bass for reelection after supporting her opponent, Rick Caruso, a billionaire developer, the last time.
On social media sites, some indignant residents speculated that the acts were committed by unscrupulous developers who “wanted the trees gone” or were orchestrated secretly by the City of Los Angeles.
“It’s indicative of the lack of regard,” said John Sischo, a longtime developer downtown.
To get developers to deliver this, it needs to provide certainty that they will get a return on their investment.
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