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investment company

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noun

  1. a company that invests its funds in other companies and issues its own securities against these investments.

Etymology

Origin of investment company

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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The report added that Lukoil's foreign assets had also whetted the appetite of US investment company Carlyle and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund IHC.

From Barron's

According to its website, the education group is also backed by Singapore state investment company Temasek.

From The Wall Street Journal

In March, RBI had already confirmed that it had to pay more than two billion euros in damages to Rasperia, an investment company.

From Barron's

Many investment companies that sell stocks and shares Isas back such a move, while banks and building societies who dominate the cash Isa market are more cautious.

From BBC

Earlier in November global sports investment company Apollo Sports Capital struck a deal to become Atletico Madrid's majority shareholder.

From Barron's

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