investment company

noun

: a company whose primary business is holding securities of other companies purely for investment purposes compare holding company

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Pietro is founder and CEO of Archive, an investment company that supports visionary leaders and entrepreneurs, while Romeo is chief business officer at Stone Island. —

Samantha Conti, WWD, 6 Dec. 2024 Noninterest income was $11.1 million, down from $13.2 million in the previous quarter, primarily due to lower income from investments in small business investment companies. —

Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024 Piper Sandler downgrades Blackstone to neutral from overweight Piper said in its downgrade of the private equity investment company that the good news is already priced in. —

Michael Bloom, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024 Several Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against three major U.S. investment companies over concerns regarding their environmental activism. —

Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for investment company

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1917, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of investment company was circa 1917

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