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

Example Sentences

One friend, a former senior executive at a finance company, had turned down several prestigious offers to join corporate boards and instead was planting a garden at her summer home in Maine and growing vegetables.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

While the bank didn’t name the borrower, it was a lender to now-bankrupt subprime auto finance company Tricolor, which had announced at least one warehouse loan with Fifth Third in recent years.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025

Tillman: One of the jobs I had, I was an assistant to the vice president of accounting and controls for a finance company, a world I knew nothing about.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

Mr Pride says he cannot afford the £24,584 he has been quoted by the finance company to exit the agreement early.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

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

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt