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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Charles Loper III, trustee of Paxton’s blind trust, sued Byron Cook, a former business associate, claiming fraud by Unity Resources, an energy investment company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

US investment company Pershing Square is offering to buy Universal in a merger that would see the new company listed in America, its billionaire chief executive Bill Ackman said.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Lukoil "informs that it signed an agreement with US investment company Carlyle on the sale of Lukoil International GmbH," Russia's second-biggest oil producer said, without disclosing the deal's value.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 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

I'm going to organize an investment company for country merchants.

From The Colossus A Novel by Read, Opie Percival