finance company

American  

noun

1. an institution engaged in such specialized forms of financing as purchasing accounts receivable, extending credit to retailers and manufacturers, discounting installment contracts, and granting loans with goods as security.

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finance company British  

noun

1. an enterprise engaged in the loan of money against collateral or speculatively to manufacturers and retailers, esp one specializing in the financing of hire-purchase contracts

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Etymology

Origin of finance company

First recorded in 1925–30

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Example Sentences

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finance company

The finance company estimated they would pay off what they owed in less than two months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

State records show that Woodmere Capital, the finance company, first registered as a business in New York in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Owen later called his car finance company again and told them what he had told to the police.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Bildstein, the man behind the Brooklyn Mirage, once worked for a finance company in Zurich, where he also liked to throw techno parties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

They passed a drugstore and a finance company and three banks.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

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