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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Dice subsequently wooed investment from prominent music executives like Matt Pincus, the founder of the investment company MUSIC, as well as from Kobalt Music Publishing founder Willard Ahdritz, who both invested as part of a $65 million funding round back in 2023, per Billboard. Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025 One such deal, struck in late April, is between The Trump Organization and Qatari Diar, a property investment company established and controlled by the Qatari Investment Authority, the country's sovereign wealth fund. Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025 This is reminiscent of Chris James and his investment company, Engine No. 1, who did the opposite number on ExxonMobil in 2021. Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 Reason for this: One tax law says that the usual kind of investment company can’t own commodity futures directly. William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025 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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“Investment company.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/investment%20company. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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investment company

see company

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