investment company
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- noun
- /ɪnˈvɛstmənt ˈkʌmpəni/
- Specialized
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- Many people rely on an investment company to help grow their savings by investing in various securities.
- accounts at investment companies
You may not know that a mutual fund is a certain kind of investment company aimed at a retail audience.
- You may not know that a mutual fund is a certain kind of investment company aimed at a retail audience.
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The Society maintains bank accounts at multiple financial institutions and also has cash accounts with investment companies.
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As of the end of 2014, approximately 24% of U.S. households' financial assets were invested in mutual funds and other registered investment companies.
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You may not know that a mutual fund is a certain kind of investment company aimed at a retail audience.
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Temasek Holdings is an investment company owned by the government of Singapore.
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By law, Medley is a business development company, or BDC, and a regulated investment company, or RIC.
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RAB Special Situations was an investment company, also headquartered in the Cayman Islands, which held 8.18% of the total Northern Rock stock.
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Cash accounts held at investment companies are not insured by the FDIC, but are privately insured. Cash accounts at investment companies amounted to $544,293 at June 30, 2002.
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A mutual fund is an example of an investment company that pools money from individual investors to buy stocks and bonds.
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To diversify your portfolio, consider working with an investment company that focuses on sustainable energy projects.
Synonyms
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Money that many people put together to buy stocks or bonds
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A way to invest money where many people put money together and experts buy many investments
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A company that manages people's money by buying stocks and bonds for them
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A pool of money many people manage together to buy stocks and bonds to make money
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A company that sells shares and invests the money in many other companies
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A business that manages money from many people and sells shares so they can invest
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'investment' specifies the type of 'company', so it refers to a company that deals with investments or invests money on behalf of others. This is a regular noun–noun compounding pattern with clear cross‑linguistic equivalents, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Investment company comes from a simple image: many people put coins into one pot and a business uses that pot to buy parts of other businesses. The word investment is about putting money into something and company is the business that does it, so the term means a business that 'pools' money from people and 'invests' it for them.