Meanings (ES + gloss)
especulación
The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hope…
Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts.
especulación
A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
To his speculations on these subjects he gave the lofty name of the "Oracles of Reason".
especulación
An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
especulación
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.
Speculation, while confined within moderate limits, is the agent for equalizing supply and demand, and rendering the fluctuations of price less sudden and abrupt than they would ot…
Sudden fortunes, indeed, are sometimes made in such places, by what is called the trade of speculation.
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