investment company

noun

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

Examples of investment company in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Since 2010, Knauss has registered a string of home investment companies with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024 But a year after Nike Golf got out of the equipment business, Adidas sold TaylorMade to a private investment company. Doug Ferguson, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024 Callie Cox, an analyst at the investment company eToro who tracks cryptocurrencies, said each individual should weigh Bitcoin ETFs within his or her own financial goals. Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024 Menendez knew he was expected to take actions that would help Qatar to induce a Qatari investment company to invest with Daibes, officials say. USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024 The programs are sponsored by individual states in partnership with one or more investment companies. The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2024 Lexington Hills, a 168-unit housing community in Eagan, was sold to an Eden Prairie real estate investment company last week. Maraya King, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024 Distributions made in any calendar year in excess of investment company taxable income and net capital gain are treated as taxable ordinary dividends to the extent of undistributed earnings and profits, and then as a return of capital that reduces the adjusted basis in the shares held. Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024 The indictment made public Tuesday doesn’t name the Qatari investment company that Menendez allegedly worked with. Shayna Jacobs, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024

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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 28 Mar. 2024.

Legal Definition

investment company

see company

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