finance company

noun

: a company that makes usually small short-term loans usually to individuals

Examples of finance company in a Sentence

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Raised By Wolves is a development fund, finance company, and production banner founded by Andrea Bucko of Sugar Rush Pictures and Jordan Claire Robbins. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025 Sheen’s show aims to reveal how banks and finance companies are profiting from the country’s most vulnerable. Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025 Here are the eight personal finance companies that made the Fintech 50 for 2025: Bilt Rewards Headquarters: New York, New York. Martina Castellanos, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025 The personal finance company recently ranked the best and worst states for police officers in the nation in 2025, based on median income, training requirements, violent crime rates and other factors. Kendrick Marshall, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for finance company

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of finance company was in 1915

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“Finance company.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finance%20company. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

finance company

noun
: a company that specializes in making small loans usually to individuals

Legal Definition

finance company

see company

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