writer

  • 21Writer — The seller of an option who collects the premium payment from the buyer. For example, a writer holds a short position on a call option. If the call option is exercised, then the writer has to sell the underlying stock at the strike price of the… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 22writer — writ|er [ raıtər ] noun count *** someone who writes books, stories, or articles as their job: work by some of today s best writers a travel/crime/sports writer: He had been a travel writer before turning to fiction. writer of: a writer of… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 23writer — n 1. penman, penner, Sl. pen pusher, Sl. ink slinger, Sl. ink spiller, Sl. quill driver; author, composer, creative writer, wordsmith, word painter; hack, scribbler, Inf. word slinger, Inf. potboiler, Chiefly Brit. Archaic. penny a liner. 2.… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 24writer — /ruy teuhr/, n. 1. a person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., esp. as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist. 2. a clerk, scribe, or the like. 3. a person who commits his or her thoughts, ideas, etc., to writing: an …

    Universalium

  • 25writer — noun (C) someone who writes books, stories etc, especially as a job: a science fiction writer (+ on): a well known writer on astrology (+ of): a writer of children s stories …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26writer — noun 1》 a person who has written a particular text.     ↘a person who writes books or articles as a regular occupation.     ↘Brit. historical a scribe. 2》 Computing a device that writes data to a storage medium. 3》 archaic a clerk, especially in… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 27writer — /ˈraɪtə/ (say ruytuh) noun 1. someone who expresses ideas in writing. 2. someone engaged in literary work. 3. someone whose occupation is writing, as a journalist or author. 4. a composer of music. 5. someone who paints or draws lettering; sign… …

  • 28writer —   Mea kākau, haku ōlelo.     Writer of stories, kākau mo olelo.     Writer about chiefs, kākau ali i …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 29writer — n. 1 a person who writes or has written something. 2 a person who writes books; an author. 3 a clerk, esp. in the Navy or in government offices. 4 a scribe. Phrases and idioms: writer s cramp a muscular spasm due to excessive writing. Writer to… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 30Writer — This is a medieval English surname. It is occupational and does describer one who wrote. It originates from the pre 7th century Olde English word writere which translates as a copier of manuscripts, a very important occupation in the days before… …

    Surnames reference