investment company

NOUN

a type of financial institution

Synonyms

STRONGEST

holding company investment firm investment house investment trust

WEAK

closed-end investment company trust

Example Sentences

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The Economist Group’s largest shareholder is Italy’s Agnelli family, which owns 43.4% through its Exor investment company after buying the stake from publisher Pearson more than a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

"We are hoping that government will get this right in vaccinating the entire herd with speed," says Ntuthuko Shezi, head of investment company Livestock Wealth.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Those outside interests were the Buffett Partnership, Ltd., an Omaha, Neb.-based investment company run by none other than Warren Buffett.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

The report added that Lukoil's foreign assets had also whetted the appetite of US investment company Carlyle and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund IHC.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

Remember how he and old Harris broke up our investment company?

From An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West by Rice, Alfred Ernest