finance company
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈfaɪnæns ˈkʌmpəni/
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compañía financiera
- So yes, I do know what that feels like, but I also know that there are finance companies that charge a very high interest rate to lend to people in a similar situation (my husband had a steady job at the time).
- consumer finance company
- mortgage finance company
- auto finance companies
Examples
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There is nothing wrong with that, but if you borrow from a finance company or a bank, they will naturally want you to pay back more than they gave you.
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She secured a loan from a local finance company to start her own business.
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Maybe finance companies are becoming the place to be.
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It's from a finance company.
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The finance company just called.
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In late 2008, he began pushing lots of private deals with banks and finance companies.
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Michael's got this interview for a really big finance company.
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You're working for the finance company.
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Like many finance companies, they now finance exclusively online; their overheads are very low.
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She had arrived with two suitcases and within hours had bought a secondhand Honda Civic that had been repossessed by a finance company.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
118
2.5
A person or company that gives money to someone and asks for it back later
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3.7
A bank or company that gives money to people and businesses to pay back
How Big
- Specialized
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3.0
- Specialized
12
3.0
5
3.5
- Specialized
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3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a company providing loans or financial services' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'finance' (provision of funds) with 'company' (an organization). This is a straightforward compositional noun–noun compound following common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Finance company comes from firms that did the finance — they gave money or credit so people could buy things when banks would not. Imagine a car maker letting a buyer take a car now and pay later; that's why a finance company today means a company that provides 'loans' rather than taking 'deposits'.