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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Meanwhile, French billionaire François-Henri Pinault’s family investment company Artémis in 2023 acquired a majority stake in Creative Artists Agency, or CAA, the powerhouse talent firm whose clients include Zendaya, Brad Pitt and Tom Hanks. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 13 May 2025 Already, cask investment companies are using the headlines to promote whisky casks as a safe investment, suggesting the tariff cut marks the start of a new export boom into India. Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 Photo: Google Maps Last week, Amazon bought 522 Fifth from Aby Rosen’s RFR — a 600,000-square-foot office building that Rosen purchased from Morgan Stanley in March 2020, but which couldn’t find another full-building tenant for after the investment company’s departure. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 6 May 2025 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 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 4 Jul. 2025.

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investment company

see company

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