first mover
first mover · first movers
The initial agent that is the cause of all thingsThe initial agent that is the cause of all things; the prime mover.
Meaning
2 sensesThe initial agent that is the cause of all things; the prime mover.
An early player in a market, such as the first company to commercialize a newly developed technology.
Origin
The business sense bears connotations of the earliest moves in a game such as chess or cheThe business sense bears connotations of the earliest moves in a game such as chess or checkers (for example, a gambit).
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Forms
plural: first movers| Singular | first mover |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedfirst-mover disadvantage