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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The castle’s previous owners were Michael Alen-Buckley, a co-founder of a private investment company, and his wife, Giancarla. — Jay Peters, The Verge, 20 Aug. 2026 Grabato acted as the president and owner of a realty investment company, National Realty Investment Advisors. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 The project, however, is part of the Simaisma coastal development led by Qatari Diar, a real estate investment company established by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund and chaired by the country's municipality minister. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026 Damianos also hailed the entry of French investment company Meridiam as a backer to the Great Seas Interconnector project, an electricity cable that will connect Europe’s power grid with that of Cyprus and eventually Israel. — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for investment company

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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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