investment company

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of investment company¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

A couple of weeks later the fake Hong Kong investment company received an email - Socar wanted to follow up on the lead.

From BBC

If you want to cash out shares of an index fund or stock, you can simply visit your online brokerage or investment company’s website and click “sell.”

From Salon

He turned down the opportunity to work with investment company Merrill Lynch in New York, eventually deciding to travel the world.

From BBC

Meanwhile Boeing said it had set up a partnership with the investment company Clear Sky to promote a method of producing SAF pioneered by the British company Firefly.

From BBC

In the early 1980s, he created an investment company, Donaldson Enterprises, and briefly campaigned to become the Republican nominee for governor of New York in 1982.

From New York Times

Related Words

• holding company
• investment firm
• investment house
• investment trust