investment trust

noun

1. a financial enterprise that invests its subscribed capital in securities for its investors' benefit

Example Sentences

The company is structured as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, a kind of business normally known for paying large dividends.

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Real estate investment trusts have struggled this year, returning just 5%, in part because the Federal Reserve has left interest rates higher than investors once hoped.

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And there was a transformation in the real estate industry, as investors using financial tools such as real estate investment trusts, or REITs, turned homes into assets to squeeze value from.

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The Los Angeles real estate investment trust owns and operates 425 industrial properties in Southern California with a total of more than 50 million square feet.

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Real estate investment trusts buy and own commercial or industrial properties and generate dividends for investors.

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Related Words

• holding company 
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• investment house www.thesaurus.com